diff --git sfeed-1.6.old/Makefile sfeed-1.6/Makefile
index 9958954..3112e11 100644
--- sfeed-1.6.old/Makefile
+++ sfeed-1.6/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ VERSION = 1.6
 SFEED_THEME = mono
 
 # paths
-PREFIX = /usr/local
-MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/man
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
 DOCPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/doc/${NAME}
 
 RANLIB = ranlib
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RANLIB = ranlib
 # use system flags.
 SFEED_CFLAGS = ${CFLAGS}
 SFEED_LDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS}
-SFEED_CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_BSD_SOURCE
+SFEED_CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_BSD_SOURCE ${CPPFLAGS}
 
 # uncomment for conservative locked I/O.
 #SFEED_CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_BSD_SOURCE \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 SFEED_CURSES = sfeed_curses
 SFEED_CURSES_CFLAGS = ${CFLAGS}
 SFEED_CURSES_CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_BSD_SOURCE \
-	 -DSFEED_THEME=\"themes/${SFEED_THEME}.h\"
+	 -DSFEED_THEME=\"themes/${SFEED_THEME}.h\" ${CPPFLAGS}
 SFEED_CURSES_LDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS} -lcurses
 
 # Linux: some distros use ncurses and require -lncurses.