diff -Naur dmenu-4.2.1.orig/config.mk dmenu-4.2.1/config.mk
--- dmenu-4.2.1.orig/config.mk	2010-11-20 10:24:33.000000000 +0100
+++ dmenu-4.2.1/config.mk	2010-11-20 20:40:17.388241808 +0100
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -D_BSD_SOURCE -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}
-CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
-LDFLAGS  = -s ${LIBS}
+OPTFLAGS = -Os
+CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall ${OPTFLAGS} ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
+LDFLAGS  = ${LIBS}
 
 # compiler and linker
 CC = cc