--- Makefile.orig	2014-08-11 15:16:15.000000000 -0400
+++ Makefile	2014-09-29 11:58:53.471412866 -0400
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Makefile for countdown
 
-BINDIR =	/usr/local/bin
-MANDIR =	/usr/local/man/man1
-CC =		cc
-CFLAGS =	-O -ansi -pedantic -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wno-long-long
-LDFLAGS =	-s
+BINDIR=		/usr/local/bin
+MANDIR=		/usr/local/man/man1
+CC?=		cc
+CFLAGS+=	-ansi -pedantic -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wno-long-long
 
 all:		countdown
 
 countdown:	countdown.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) countdown.c $(LDFLAGS) -o countdown
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) countdown.c -o countdown
 
 
 install:	all