--- configure_old	2014-05-23 22:45:22.000000000 +0200
+++ configure	2014-05-23 22:45:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -1612,6 +1612,10 @@
     nativecccompopts="$nativecccompopts -fomit-frame-pointer";;
 esac
 
+# Add additional flags from the environment
+bytecccompopts="$bytecccompopts $CFLAGS"
+nativecccompopts="$nativecccompopts $CFLAGS"
+
 # Finish generated files
 
 cclibs="$cclibs $mathlib"