diff --git a/libftdi/lib_table/Makefile b/libftdi/lib_table/Makefile
index cf4316b..dd393b8 100644
--- a/libftdi/lib_table/Makefile
+++ b/libftdi/lib_table/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # which compiler
-CC = gcc
+CC ?= gcc
 
 VERSION = _RELEASE
 
 LIBNAME = libd2xx_table.so
 
-CFLAGS =  -DLINUX -D$(VERSION)
+CFLAGS +=  -DLINUX -D$(VERSION)
 
 $(LIBNAME):	ftdi_table.o 
 
-	$(CC) 	-Wall -shared -fPIC -o  $(LIBNAME) ftdi_table.o
+	$(CC) 	-Wall -shared -fPIC ${LDFLAGS} -o  $(LIBNAME) ftdi_table.o
 
 ftdi_table.o:	ftdi_table.c
 		$(CC) -I. $(CFLAGS) -c -fPIC ftdi_table.c