diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 36f28b5e106..19bb4a3a6e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
 version=0.10.27
-revision=1
-short_desc="multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O."
+revision=2
+short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD/ISC"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/joyent/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=19e52f6abbd6ad8bce865b548d7ab3e1e071b159503a1d0c5664fa4b97fb5c7f
 
 do_build() {
-	make \
+	make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" \
 		CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" LD="$LD" AR="$AR" RANLIB="$RANLIB" \
 		CPP="$CPP" AS="$AS" OBJDUMP="$OBJDUMP" STRIP="$STRIP"
 }