--- a/local.mk.in
+++ b/local.mk.in
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 CC              :=   @CC@
 CFLAGS          :=   @CFLAGS@
-CPPFLAGS         =   $(inc) @DEFS@
+LDFLAGS         :=   @LDFLAGS@
+CPPFLAGS         =   @CPPFLAGS@ $(inc) @DEFS@
 
 
 INSTALL         :=   @INSTALL@
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # compile the program (and the objects)
 all: $(prog)
 $(prog): $(objs)
-	$(CC) -o $(prog) $(objs) $(libs) $(CFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(prog) $(objs) $(libs)
 
 
 
--- a/tools/depend.sh
+++ b/tools/depend.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # Generated automatically from depend.sh.in by configure.
 
 set -e
-gcc -MM $* | sed 's#\($*\)\.o[ :]*#\1.o $@ : #g'
+${CC:-cc} -MM $* | sed 's#\($*\)\.o[ :]*#\1.o $@ : #g'