diff --git a/x11-misc/dmenu/dmenu-9999.ebuild b/x11-misc/dmenu/dmenu-9999.ebuild
index 3539372..a0a472d 100644
--- a/x11-misc/dmenu/dmenu-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/dmenu/dmenu-9999.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	sed -i \
 		-e "s/ -Os / /" \
+		-e "/^\(LDFLAGS\|CFLAGS\|CPPFLAGS\)/{s| = | += |g;s|-s ||g}" \
 		config.mk || die
 
 	restore_config config.h