diff --git a/scripts/common.php b/scripts/common.php
index 66ea1d0..de32c6c 100644
--- a/scripts/common.php
+++ b/scripts/common.php
@@ -44,12 +44,20 @@ function check_compiler()
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (getenv("CXXFLAGS"))
+	{
+	   $compiler .= " ".getenv("CXXFLAGS");
+	}
 }
 
 function prepare_link()
 {
 	global $compiler;
-	$compiler .= " -L".__DIR__."/../src/vendor/Soup -lsoup";
+	$srcdir = __DIR__."/../src";
+	$compiler .= " -L$srcdir/vendor/Soup -L$srcdir -lsoup";
+	if (getenv("LDFLAGS")) {
+	   $compiler .= " ".getenv("LDFLAGS");
+	}
 }
 
 function resolve_installed_program($exe)