--- a/xcursorgen/makefile
+++ b/xcursorgen/makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 all: xcursorgen.so
 
-CC= gcc
+CC ?= gcc
 LIBS= -lX11 -lXcursor -lpng -lz
 OUT_DIR= ../clickgen
 CP= cp -f
 
 xcursorgen.so: xcursorgen.c
-	$(CC) -Wl,-zdefs -shared -o xcursorgen.so -fPIC  xcursorgen.c $(LIBS) 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-zdefs -shared -o xcursorgen.so -fPIC  xcursorgen.c $(LIBS) 
 	$(CP) xcursorgen.so $(OUT_DIR)/xcursorgen.so
 
 clean: