diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdftk/files/Makefile b/srcpkgs/pdftk/files/Makefile
index 8c241a46298..823b635831e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdftk/files/Makefile
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdftk/files/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Based on 'Makefile.Debian', part of pdftk
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2012 Sid Steward
 
-export CXX= g++
+export CXX= @CXX@
 export GCJ= gcj
 export GCJH= gcjh
 export GJAR= gjar
 export LIBGCJ= /usr/share/java/libgcj.jar
-export AR= ar
+export AR= @AR@
 export RM= rm
 export ARFLAGS= rs
 export RMFLAGS= -vf
 export CPPFLAGS= -DPATH_DELIM=0x2f -DASK_ABOUT_WARNINGS=false -DUNBLOCK_SIGNALS -fdollars-in-identifiers
-export CXXFLAGS= -O2
-export GCJFLAGS= -Wno-all -fsource=1.3 -O2
+export CXXFLAGS= @CXXFLAGS@
+export GCJFLAGS= -Wno-all -fsource=1.3 -O2 -fPIC -L/usr/lib
 export GCJHFLAGS= -force
-export LDLIBS= -lgcj
+export LDLIBS= @LDFLAGS@ -lgcj
 
 include Makefile.Base
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdftk/template b/srcpkgs/pdftk/template
index b8a74f48494..61b28313e27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdftk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdftk/template
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ distfiles="http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/${pkgname}-${versi
 checksum=118f6a25fd3acaafb58824dce6f97cdc07e56050e666b90e4c4ef426ea37b8c1
 
 do_build() {
-	cp ${FILESDIR}/Makefile Makefile
-	make
+	sed -e "s;@CXX@;$CXX;" \
+		-e "s;@AR@;$AR;" \
+		-e "s;@CXXFLAGS@;$CXXFLAGS;" \
+		-e "s;@LDFLAGS@;$LDFLAGS;" \
+		${FILESDIR}/Makefile > Makefile
+	make ${makejobs} || make ${makjobs}
 }
 do_install() {
 	vbin pdftk