diff --git a/srcpkgs/m2m-aligner/template b/srcpkgs/m2m-aligner/template
index 2c1e8807a2c..fe3d5b1cb96 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/m2m-aligner/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/m2m-aligner/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'm2m-aligner'
 pkgname=m2m-aligner
 version=1.2
-revision=3
+revision=4
 short_desc="Implementation of many-to-many alignments for string transduction"
 maintainer="Martin Riese <grauehaare@gmx.de>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ checksum="ca5b1176293e91f797f3588c01390d046e2dae0278034044f8a081d6bd674e91"
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -e "s,g++,$CXX,g" -i makefile
-	sed -e "s,CFLAGS=,CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} ,g" -i makefile
+	sed -e "s|CFLAGS=|CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} |g" \
+		-e "s|LDFLAGS=|& ${LDFLAGS} |g" -i makefile
 }
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}