diff -Nru pyexiv2.multilib/src/SConscript pyexiv2/src/SConscript
--- pyexiv2.multilib/src/SConscript	2008-07-17 21:39:05.000000000 +0200
+++ pyexiv2/src/SConscript	2008-07-17 21:43:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,8 +5,22 @@
 import os.path
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 
+import os
+import SCons.Util
+
 env = Environment()
 
+if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
+        env['CC'] = os.environ['CC']
+if os.environ.has_key('CFLAGS'):
+        env['CCFLAGS'] += SCons.Util.CLVar(os.environ['CFLAGS'])
+if os.environ.has_key('CXX'):
+        env['CXX'] = os.environ['CXX']
+if os.environ.has_key('CXXFLAGS'):
+        env['CXXFLAGS'] += SCons.Util.CLVar(os.environ['CXXFLAGS'])
+if os.environ.has_key('LDFLAGS'):
+        env['LINKFLAGS'] += SCons.Util.CLVar(os.environ['LDFLAGS'])
+
 # Include directories to look for 'Python.h' in
 python_inc_path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'include', 'python' + sys.version[:3])
 env.Append(CPPPATH=[python_inc_path])