--- SConstruct.orig	2014-03-31 12:40:22.186757814 -0700
+++ SConstruct	2014-03-31 12:46:21.726024868 -0700
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # for shared lib, requires scons 2.3.0
 env['SHLIBVERSION'] = '1.0.0'
 
-CCFLAGS = []
+CCFLAGS = [os.environ['CXXFLAGS']]
+
 if int(debug):
   CCFLAGS.append(ARGUMENTS.get('CXXFLAGS', '-g -Wall -Werror'))
 if int(optimize):