diff --git a/conmon/Makefile b/conmon/Makefile
index 8726019e..1df60a69 100644
--- a/conmon/Makefile
+++ b/conmon/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 src = $(wildcard *.c)
 obj = $(src:.c=.o)
 
-LIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs glib-2.0)
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0)
+override LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs glib-2.0)
+override CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0)
 
 conmon: $(obj)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)