--- a/ananke/Makefile
+++ b/ananke/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 include ../phoenix/Makefile
 
 path := /usr/local/lib
-flags := $(flags) -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I..
+flags := $(flags) $(CXXFLAGS) -I..
 
 all:
 	$(compiler) $(cppflags) $(flags) -fPIC -o obj/ananke.o -c ananke.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 else ifeq ($(platform),macosx)
 	$(compiler) $(link) -shared -dynamiclib -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -o libananke.dylib obj/ananke.o
 else
-	$(compiler) $(link) -shared -Wl,-soname,libananke.so.1 -o libananke.so obj/ananke.o
+	$(compiler) $(link) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,libananke.so.1 -o libananke.so obj/ananke.o
 endif
 
 resource: force
--- a/nall/Makefile
+++ b/nall/Makefile
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
     link :=
   endif
 
-  cflags := -x c -std=c99
-  objcflags := -x objective-c -std=c99
-  cppflags := -x c++ -std=c++11
-  objcppflags := -x objective-c++ -std=c++11
 endif
+cflags := -x c -std=c99
+objcflags := -x objective-c -std=c99
+cppflags := -x c++ -std=c++11
+objcppflags := -x objective-c++ -std=c++11
 
 # cross-compilation support
 ifeq ($(arch),x86)