diff --git a/srcpkgs/bar-git/template b/srcpkgs/bar-git/template
index 1032b518aa0..01bfdf4e8ff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bar-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bar-git/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'bar-git'
 pkgname=bar-git
 version=20140801
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="perl git"
 makedepends="libxcb-devel"
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ do_fetch() {
 	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
 	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
 }
-
+pre_build() {
+	sed 's/^CFLAGS =/CFLAGS +=/' -i Makefile
+	sed 's/^LDFLAGS =/LDFLAGS +=/' -i Makefile
+}
 post_install() {
 	vbin palette.pl
 	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/bar