diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index af4a7c4..8b80b3e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # To compile on MinGW: add "-lws2_32" to LDFLAGS
 # To compile with PKCS11: add "-lpkcs11-helper" to LDFLAGS
 
-CFLAGS	= -I../include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -W -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
+CFLAGS	+= -I../include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -W -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
 			-Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-value
 
 OFLAGS	= -O
-LDFLAGS	= -L../library -lpolarssl
+LDFLAGS	+= -L../library -lpolarssl
 
 APPS =	test_suite_aes			test_suite_arc4		\
 		test_suite_base64		test_suite_camellia	\