diff --git a/src/makefile b/src/makefile
index 0f61c35..add4dc2 100644
--- a/src/makefile
+++ b/src/makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 SHELL=/bin/bash
-CFLAGS=--std=c99
-EXECUTABLES = find msgmerge msgfmt install rm mkdir cp chmod valac
+CFLAGS+= --std=c99
+EXECUTABLES = find msgmerge msgfmt install rm mkdir cp chmod $(VALAC)
 CHECKEXECS := $(foreach exec,$(EXECUTABLES), $(if $(shell which $(exec)),,$(error No $(exec) found, install it)))
 
+INSTALL_GTK ?= true
+INSTALL_CONSOLE ?= true
+
 prefix=/usr
 sysconfdir=/etc
 appconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/timeshift
@@ -50,8 +53,8 @@ all: app-gtk app-console
 app-gtk:
 
 	#timeshift-gtk
-	valac -X -D'GETTEXT_PACKAGE="${app_name}"' \
-		--Xcc="-lm" --Xcc="-Os" ${symbols} \
+	$(VALAC) -v -X -D'GETTEXT_PACKAGE="${app_name}"' \
+		--cc="$(CC)" $(foreach flag, $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS), -X $(flag)) --Xcc="-lm" ${symbols} \
 		Core/*.vala Gtk/*.vala Utility/*.vala Utility/Gtk/*.vala \
 		-o ${app_name}-gtk \
 		--pkg glib-2.0 --pkg gio-unix-2.0 --pkg posix \
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@ app-gtk:
 app-console:
 
 	#timeshift
-	valac -X -D'GETTEXT_PACKAGE="${app_name}"' \
-		--Xcc="-lm" --Xcc="-Os" ${symbols} \
+	$(VALAC) -v -X -D'GETTEXT_PACKAGE="${app_name}"' \
+		--cc="$(CC)" $(foreach flag, $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS), -X $(flag)) --Xcc="-lm" ${symbols} \
 		Core/*.vala Utility/*.vala Utility/Gtk/*.vala Console/*.vala \
 		-o ${app_name} \
 		--pkg glib-2.0 --pkg gio-unix-2.0 --pkg posix \
@@ -71,7 +74,6 @@ app-console:
 
 manpage:
 	./${app_name} --help > ../man/${app_name}.1
-	gzip -f ../man/${app_name}.1
 
 clean:
 	rm -rfv ../release/{source,i386,amd64,armel,armhf}
@@ -96,10 +98,12 @@ install:
 	
 	# binary
 	install -m 0755 ${app_name} "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
-	install -m 0755 ${app_name}-gtk "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
+	@if test "$(INSTALL_GTK)" = true; then \
+		install -m 0755 ${app_name}-gtk "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"; \
+		install -m 0755 ${app_name}-launcher "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"; \
+	fi
 	#install -m 0755 ${app_name}-uninstall "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
-	install -m 0755 ${app_name}-launcher "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
-	
+
 	# shared files
 	cp -dpr --no-preserve=ownership -t "$(DESTDIR)$(sharedir)/${app_name}" ./share/${app_name}/*
 	find $(DESTDIR)$(sharedir)/${app_name} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \+
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ install:
 	install -m 0644 ../files/${app_name}.json "$(DESTDIR)$(appconfdir)/default.json"
 
 	# man page
-	install -m 0644 ../man/${app_name}.1.gz "$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/${app_name}.1.gz"
+	install -m 0644 ../man/${app_name}.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/${app_name}.1"
 
 	# app icons
 	cp -dpr --no-preserve=ownership -t "$(DESTDIR)$(sharedir)/icons" ./share/icons/*
