diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index 6447851..85094b2 100644
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os, sys
+import SCons.Util
 
 media_env = Environment()
 conf = Configure(media_env)
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ for l in appinfo:
         vstring = l.replace('<Version>', '').replace('</Version>', '')
         break
 
+if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
+    media_env['CC'] = os.environ['CC']
+if os.environ.has_key('CFLAGS'):
+    media_env.Append(CFLAGS = SCons.Util.CLVar(os.environ['CFLAGS']))
+if os.environ.has_key('LDFLAGS'):
+    media_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = SCons.Util.CLVar(os.environ['LDFLAGS']))
+
 media_env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs ' \
         'gconf-2.0 gdu gtk+-2.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.0')
 media_env.Append(CFLAGS = ['-DGDU_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE',