diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 115de78a..613110b7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -2366,7 +2366,6 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
 
     # -Winvalid-pch Warn if a precompiled header (see Precompiled Headers) is found in the search path but can't be used.
     env.Append( CCFLAGS=["-fasynchronous-unwind-tables",
-                         "-ggdb" if not env.TargetOSIs('emscripten') else "-g",
                          "-Wall",
                          "-Wsign-compare",
                          "-Wno-unknown-pragmas",
@@ -2422,6 +2421,8 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
 
     # env.Append( " -Wconversion" ) TODO: this doesn't really work yet
     env.Append( CXXFLAGS=["-Woverloaded-virtual"] )
+    env.Append( CXXFLAGS=os.environ['CXXFLAGS'] )
+    env.Append( LINKFLAGS=os.environ['LDFLAGS'] )
 
     # On OS X, clang doesn't want the pthread flag at link time, or it
     # issues warnings which make it impossible for us to declare link
@@ -2473,8 +2474,8 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
             ],
         )
 
-    #make scons colorgcc friendly
-    for key in ('HOME', 'TERM'):
+    #make scons colorgcc, distcc, ccache friendly
+    for key in ('HOME', 'PATH', 'TERM'):
         try:
             env['ENV'][key] = os.environ[key]
         except KeyError: