--- a/src/mk/Linux
+++ b/src/mk/Linux
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 include ../mk/commondefs
 
-CXXFLAGS = $(COMMONCXXFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE \
+CXXFLAGS = $(COMMONCXXFLAGS) $(LOCALCXXFLAGS) \
+	 -D_GNU_SOURCE \
 	 -DHAVE_VASPRINTF=1 \
 	 -DHAVE_MKDTEMP=1
 
-LIBICONV =  
-
 LIBSYS = -lpthread