diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7259e15..555653a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CONF=$(PWD)/config.mk
 include $(CONF)
 CC="gcc"
-CFLAGS=
+CFLAGS=-lzmq
 
 MACROS=\
 -DZMQ_TOKEN=\"$(ZMQ_TOKEN)\" \
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ MACROS=\
 all: publisher subscriber
 
 publisher: src/publisher.c src/utils.c config.mk
-	$(CC) -lzmq -lpthread $(filter-out config.mk,$^) -o $@ $(MACROS)
+	$(CC) $(filter-out config.mk,$^) -o $@ $(MACROS) $(CFLAGS) -lpthread
 
 subscriber: src/subscriber.c src/utils.c config.mk
-	$(CC) -lzmq $(filter-out config.mk,$^) -o $@ $(MACROS)
+	$(CC) $(filter-out config.mk,$^) -o $@ $(MACROS) $(CFLAGS)
 
 publish: publisher
 	[ -f pid ] && { cat pid|xargs kill -INT; rm pid; } || exit 0