diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 15a889a..ecd68cf 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ endif
 
 include version.mk
 
-CC		= gcc
+CC		?= gcc
 STATIC		=
-STRIP		= strip
+STRIP		= 
 
 ENABLE_NLS = 1
 
 PACKAGE		= wcd
-EXT		= .exe
+EXT		= 
 PROGRAM         = $(PACKAGE)$(EXT)
 BIN		= $(PROGRAM)
 
-PREFIX		= /usr/local
+PREFIX		= /usr/
 prefix		= $(PREFIX)
 exec_prefix	= $(prefix)
 bindir		= $(exec_prefix)/bin
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ endif
 # dynamically) comment the LDFLAGS line and add the 'libncurses.a' file
 # (often found as /usr/lib/libncurses.a) to the OBJS1 list.
 
-CFLAGS	= -O2 -Wall
+CFLAGS	+= -Wall
 
 EXTRA_CFLAGS	= -Ic3po \
 		  $(CFLAGS_VERSION) \
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ ifdef ASCII_TREE
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DASCII_TREE
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS		= $(LIB_CURSES) \
+LIBS		= $(LIB_CURSES) \
 	          $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) \
 		  $(NLFLAG)
 
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ status:
 	@echo "DEFS          = $(DEFS)"
 	@echo "DEFS_CURSES   = $(DEFS_CURSES)"
 	@echo "EXTRA_DEFS    = $(EXTRA_DEFS)"
+	@echo "LIBS          = $(LIBS)"
 	@echo "LDFLAGS       = $(LDFLAGS)"
 	@echo "LDFLAGS_EXTRA = $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA)"
 	@echo "CFLAGS        = $(CFLAGS)"
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ status:
 
 $(BIN): $(OBJS1)
 	$(MAKE) status
-	$(CC) $(OBJS1) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(OBJS1) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBS)
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(DEFS) -c $< -o $@