diff --git a/srcpkgs/pmr/template b/srcpkgs/pmr/template
index 2c0ac44e692..4c4c39c8922 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pmr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pmr/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'pmr'
 pkgname=pmr
 version=1.01
-revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
+revision=2
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="-f Makefile.in"
 short_desc="A tool for measuring data rate on the UNIX command line"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="Public Domain"
@@ -10,7 +11,10 @@ homepage="http://zakalwe.fi/~shd/foss/pmr/"
 distfiles="http://zakalwe.fi/~shd/foss/pmr/pmr-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c7e5b2eee2f0411a55afcb3a78a9e17ef545a764901277b3be0802396449af24
 
-do_install(){
+pre_build() {
+	export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+}
+do_install() {
 	vbin pmr
 	vman doc/pmr.1
 	vlicense COPYING