--- a/scintilla/scinterm/Makefile	2012-12-11 01:26:02.000000000 +0100
+++ b/scintilla/scinterm/Makefile	2013-01-24 01:30:55.806042954 +0100
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 CXX = g++
 INCLUDEDIRS = -I ../include -I ../src -I ../lexlib
-CXXFLAGS = -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-char-subscripts -Wno-long-long \
-           -pedantic -DNCURSES -DSCI_LEXER $(INCLUDEDIRS)
+CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-char-subscripts -Wno-long-long \
+            -pedantic -DNCURSES -DSCI_LEXER $(INCLUDEDIRS)
 ifdef DEBUG
   CXXFLAGS += -DDEBUG -g
 else
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
               CharacterSet.o LexerBase.o LexerModule.o LexerNoExceptions.o \
               LexerSimple.o PropSetSimple.o StyleContext.o WordList.o \
               $(lexers) ScintillaTerm.o
-	ar rc $@ $^
+	$(AR) rc $@ $^
 	touch $@
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o $(scintilla)