diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcap/template b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
index 3141aafb5bd..198932b933e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libcap'
 pkgname=libcap
 version=2.24
-revision=2
+revision=3
 hostmakedepends="gperf perl"
 makedepends="attr-devel"
 short_desc="POSIX.1e capabilities suite"
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=cee4568f78dc851d726fc93f25f4ed91cc223b1fe8259daa4a77158d174e6c65
 
+do_configure() {
+	sed -i 's/CFLAGS :=/CFLAGS +=/g' Make.Rules
+	sed -i '/BUILD_CFLAGS/s/$(CFLAGS)//' Make.Rules
+}
 do_build() {
-	make CC="$CC" BUILD_CC=cc CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+	make CC="$CC" BUILD_CC=cc
 }
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} MANDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man \