--- configure.in.orig	2008-12-29 19:13:00.000000000 -0500
+++ configure.in	2008-12-29 19:16:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -205,16 +205,16 @@
 if test "$enable_debug" = "no"; then
 	if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
 		AC_MSG_WARN(Removing debugging option!)
-		CFLAGS="$ext_CFLAGS -O2 -Wall -s"
+		CFLAGS+="$ext_CFLAGS -O2 -Wall -s"
 	else
 		AC_MSG_WARN(Removing debugging option!)
-		CFLAGS="$ext_CFLAGS -O2"
+		CFLAGS+="$ext_CFLAGS -O2"
 	fi
 else
 	if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
-		CFLAGS="$ext_CFLAGS -g -O0 -Wall"
+		CFLAGS+="$ext_CFLAGS -g -O0 -Wall"
 	else
-		CFLAGS="$ext_CFLAGS -g"
+		CFLAGS+="$ext_CFLAGS -g"
 	fi
 fi