diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-1.0-makefile.patch b/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-1.0-makefile.patch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e6c7ab1223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-1.0-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#Created by Quincy Fleming
+#CFLAGS and LDFLAGS were not being respected
+#Bug links: https://bugs.gentoo.org/910480 https://bugs.gentoo.org/910481
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ OUT := qdl
+ 
+-CFLAGS := -O2 -Wall -g `xml2-config --cflags`
+-LDFLAGS := `xml2-config --libs`
+-prefix := /usr/local
++CFLAGS += `${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags libxml-2.0`
++LDFLAGS += `${PKG_CONFIG} --libs libxml-2.0 libudev`
++prefix = ${EPREFIX}/usr
+ 
+ SRCS := firehose.c qdl.c sahara.c util.c patch.c program.c
+ OBJS := $(SRCS:.c=.o)
diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-9999-makefile.patch b/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-9999-makefile.patch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a24de2b5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/files/qdl-9999-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#Created by Quincy Fleming
+#CFLAGS and LDFLAGS were not being respected
+#Bug links: https://bugs.gentoo.org/910480 https://bugs.gentoo.org/910481
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ OUT := qdl
+ 
+-CFLAGS := -O2 -Wall -g `pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0`
+-LDFLAGS := `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0 libudev`
+-prefix := /usr/local
++CFLAGS += `${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags libxml-2.0`
++LDFLAGS += `${PKG_CONFIG} --libs libxml-2.0 libudev`
++prefix = ${EPREFIX}/usr
+ 
+ SRCS := firehose.c qdl.c sahara.c util.c patch.c program.c ufs.c
+ OBJS := $(SRCS:.c=.o)
diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-1.0.ebuild b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-1.0.ebuild
index 5e2fb597a9..90d2b54ed2 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-1.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 DESCRIPTION="Tool to communicate with Qualcomm System On a Chip bootroms"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/andersson/qdl"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/andersson/qdl/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
@@ -12,13 +14,18 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 BDEPEND="virtual/libudev
+		virtual/pkgconfig
 		dev-libs/libxml2
 "
 
-src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" prefix="${EPREFIX}"/usr install
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-makefile.patch" )
 
-	dodoc README
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) PKG_CONFIG=$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
 	insinto "/usr/share/${PN}"
 	doins LICENSE
 }
diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
index 7f17fadec0..d1c29872e8 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit git-r3
+inherit git-r3 toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="Tool to communicate with Qualcomm System On a Chip bootroms"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/andersson/qdl"
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ LICENSE="BSD-3"
 SLOT="0"
 
 BDEPEND="virtual/libudev
+		virtual/pkgconfig
 		dev-libs/libxml2
 "
 
-src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" prefix="${EPREFIX}"/usr install
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-makefile.patch" )
 
-	dodoc README
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) PKG_CONFIG=$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
 	insinto "/usr/share/${PN}"
 	doins LICENSE
 }