diff --git a/buildSrc/linux.gradle b/buildSrc/linux.gradle
index 022d073..8bccdd8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/linux.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/linux.gradle
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ def commonFlags = [
         "-fstack-protector",
         "-W", "-Wall", "-Wno-unused", "-Wno-parentheses", "-Werror=implicit-function-declaration"] // warning flags
 
+
+commonFlags.addAll(System.getenv('CFLAGS').trim().split(" "))
+
 if (!IS_64) {
     commonFlags += "-m32"
 }
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ def linkFlags = ["-static-libgcc", "-static-libstdc++", "-shared", commonFlags,
                  "-z", "relro",
                  "-Wl,--gc-sections"].flatten()
 def defaultLinkFlags = linkFlags.flatten()
+linkFlags.addAll(System.getenv('LDFLAGS').trim().split(" "))
 
 def gtk2CCFlags = [  ];
 def gtk3CCFlags = [ "-Wno-deprecated-declarations" ];