diff --git a/extern/cloop/Makefile b/extern/cloop/Makefile

index 08516c2..1573dc2 100644

--- a/extern/cloop/Makefile

+++ b/extern/cloop/Makefile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TARGET	:= release

 CC	:= $(CC)

 CXX	:= $(CXX)

-LD	:= $(CXX)

+LD	:= $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS)

 SRC_DIR		:= src

 BUILD_DIR	:= build

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ SRCS_CPP := $(foreach sdir,$(SRC_DIRS),$(wildcard $(sdir)/*.cpp))

 OBJS_C := $(patsubst $(SRC_DIR)/%.c,$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o,$(SRCS_C))

 OBJS_CPP := $(patsubst $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp,$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o,$(SRCS_CPP))

-C_FLAGS := -ggdb -fPIC -MMD -MP -W -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter

-CXX_FLAGS := $(C_FLAGS)

+COMMON_C_FLAGS := -ggdb -fPIC -MMD -MP -W -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter

+C_FLAGS := $(COMMON_C_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)

+CXX_FLAGS := $(COMMON_C_FLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)

 FPC_FLAGS := -Mdelphi

 ifeq ($(shell uname),FreeBSD)

diff --git a/extern/btyacc/Makefile b/extern/btyacc/Makefile

index f432965..52d8443 100644

--- a/extern/btyacc/Makefile

+++ b/extern/btyacc/Makefile

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ HDRS	      = defs.h mstring.h

 # across all of our supported compilers/platforms.

 # Vanilla CFLAGS

-CFLAGS=

+CFLAGS=-fPIE

 # No LDFLAGS

 #LDFLAGS=