@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 OTHERPKGSDIR="$(pwd)/../"
 export KITSHVERS BUILDDIR OUTDIR INSTDIR OTHERPKGSDIR
 
 # Set configure options for this sub-project
 LDFLAGS_ADD="${KC_KITSH_LDFLAGS_ADD}"
-LDFLAGS="${KC_KITSH_LDFLAGS}"
-CFLAGS="${KC_KITSH_CFLAGS}"
-CPPFLAGS="${KC_KITSH_CPPFLAGS}"
-LIBS="${KC_KITSH_LIBS}"
+LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${KC_KITSH_LDFLAGS}"
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${KC_KITSH_CFLAGS}"
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${KC_KITSH_CPPFLAGS}"
+LIBS="${LIBS} ${KC_KITSH_LIBS}"
 export LDFLAGS_ADD LDFLAGS CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LIBS
 
 if [ -z "${ENABLECOMPRESSION}" ]; then
 	ENABLECOMPRESSION="1"
 fi