diff --git a/srcpkgs/thingmenu-git/template b/srcpkgs/thingmenu-git/template
index edb9733f6ac..926169f1bc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thingmenu-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thingmenu-git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'thingmenu-git'
 pkgname=thingmenu-git
-version=20140708
+version=20140803
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="git"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libXtst-devel"
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ do_fetch() {
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i 's| -I/usr/include||g' config.mk
 	sed -i 's| -L/usr/lib||g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CPPFLAGS =|CPPFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS =|CFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS =|LDFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
 }
 
 post_install() {