--- Makefile.orig	2016-06-19 09:15:04 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-CC=g++
-CFLAGS=-c -Wall
-LDFLAGS=-lGL -lGLU -lSDL -lSDL_ttf -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_image
+CXX?=g++
+CXXFLAGS+=-c -Wall
+LDFLAGS+=-lGL -lGLU -lSDL -lSDL_ttf -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_image
 SOURCES=main.cpp
 OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:.cpp=.o)
 EXECUTABLE=simplevaders
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ EXECUTABLE=simplevaders
 all: $(SOURCES) $(EXECUTABLE)
 	
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $@
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $@
 
 .cpp.o:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	rm *.o