diff -urN irqbalance-0.55.org/Makefile irqbalance-0.55/Makefile
--- irqbalance-0.55.org/Makefile	2006-12-05 14:15:23.000000000 +0100
+++ irqbalance-0.55/Makefile	2006-12-13 17:55:44.632291750 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-CFLAGS+=-g -Os -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -W `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0` 
+
+OPT=-g -Os
+
+CFLAGS = $(OPT) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -W `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`
 
 all: irqbalance
 
 LIBS=bitmap.o irqbalance.o cputree.o  procinterrupts.o irqlist.o placement.o activate.o network.o powermode.o numa.o classify.o
 
 irqbalance: .depend $(LIBS)
-	gcc  -g -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall  `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` $(LIBS) -o irqbalance 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall $(LIBS) `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` -o irqbalance 
 
 clean:
 	rm -f irqbalance *~ *.o .depend