diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e07b581..6c352c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 # <dragorn> make is a twisted beast
 ##################################
 LDLIBS		= -lpcap
-CFLAGS		= -pipe -Wall -D_LINUX -D_OPENSSL_MD4
+CFLAGS		+= -D_LINUX -D_OPENSSL_MD4
+LDFLAGS		?=
 LDLIBS		+= -lcrypto
-CFLAGS		+= -g3 #-ggdb -g
 PROGOBJ		= asleap.o genkeys.o utils.o common.o sha1.o
 PROG		= asleap genkeys
 #CC		    = clang-10
-CC          = gcc
+CC          ?= gcc
 PREFIX		?= /usr
 BINDIR		?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 DESTDIR		?=
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ sha1: sha1.c sha1.h
 
 asleap: asleap.c asleap.h sha1.o common.o common.h utils.o version.h sha1.c \
 	sha1.h 
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) asleap.c -o asleap common.o utils.o sha1.o $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) asleap.c -o asleap common.o utils.o sha1.o $(LDLIBS)
 
 genkeys: genkeys.c md4.c md4.h common.o utils.o version.h common.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) md4.c genkeys.c -o genkeys common.o utils.o $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) md4.c genkeys.c -o genkeys common.o utils.o $(LDLIBS)
 
 install: $(PROG)
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)