--- a/libraries/source/fcollada/src/Makefile
+++ b/libraries/source/fcollada/src/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	PIC_FLAGS ?= -fpic
 endif
 
+AR? ?= ar
 CXX ?= g++
 CXXFLAGS += -fvisibility=hidden -W -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function $(OS_DEFINE) $(PIC_FLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS_DEBUG := -D_DEBUG -DRETAIL
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 LIBS += `pkg-config libxml-2.0 --libs`
 INCLUDES += -IFCollada `pkg-config libxml-2.0 --cflags`
 INCLUDES_TEST := -IFCollada/FColladaTest $(INCLUDES)
+RANLIB ?= ranlib
 
 # FCollada is not aliasing-safe, so disallow dangerous optimisations
 # (TODO: It'd be nice to fix FCollada, but that looks hard)
@@ -246,11 +248,11 @@
 
 output/libFColladaSD.a: $(OBJECTS_DEBUG) | output_dirs
 	@echo "$@"
-	@ar -cr $@ $(OBJECTS_DEBUG); ranlib $@
+	@$(AR) -cr $@ $(OBJECTS_DEBUG); $(RANLIB) $@
 
 output/libFColladaSR.a: $(OBJECTS_RELEASE) | output_dirs
 	@echo "$@"
-	@ar -cr $@ $(OBJECTS_RELEASE); ranlib $@
+	@$(AR) -cr $@ $(OBJECTS_RELEASE); $(RANLIB) $@
 
 output/FColladaTest: $(OBJECTS_TEST) | output_dirs
 	$(CXX) -o $@  $(OBJECTS_TEST) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS_TEST)