--- chicken-4.8.0.3/defaults.make.orig	2013-05-11 04:16:06.514865925 -0400
+++ chicken-4.8.0.3/defaults.make	2013-05-11 04:16:06.513865921 -0400
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@
 C_COMPILER_OPTIONS += -DC_ENABLE_PTABLES
 endif
 
+C_COMPILER_OPTIONS += $(CFLAGS)
+
 ifdef DEBUGBUILD
 ifeq ($(C_COMPILER),gcc)
 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS ?= -g -Wall -Wno-unused