diff --git a/srcpkgs/sinit-git/template b/srcpkgs/sinit-git/template
index ba5e81e5561..8e13ce6e1a9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sinit-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sinit-git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sinit-git'
 pkgname=sinit-git
-version=20140705
+version=20140803
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="git"
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ do_fetch() {
 pre_build() {
 	LD=$CC
 	cp ${FILESDIR}/config.h config.h
+	sed -i 's|^CPPFLAGS =|CPPFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS   =|CFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS  =|LDFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
 }
 
 post_install() {