diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc14296..d902583 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ ${OBJ}: config.mk
 wmname: ${OBJ}
 	@echo LD $@
 	@${LD} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
-	@strip $@
 
 clean:
 	@echo cleaning
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index ca6d6c4..c204300 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VERSION = 0.1
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
 # paths
-PREFIX = /usr/local
+PREFIX?= /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
 
 X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
-CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
-LDFLAGS = -s ${LIBS}
+CFLAGS = -std=c99 ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
+LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
 
 # compiler and linker
 CC = cc