diff --git a/srcpkgs/zathura-djvu/template b/srcpkgs/zathura-djvu/template
index c8a363a2238..15fd610c11c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zathura-djvu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zathura-djvu/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'zathura-djvu'
 pkgname=zathura-djvu
 version=0.2.4
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ short_desc="DjVu support for zathura"
 distfiles="http://pwmt.org/projects/${pkgname}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ac10b8c07fd9f58281225e1a4cb026634cd03bf6b549eaceeea02f99ab5334bc
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' config.mk
+	sed -i 's/^\(LDFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' config.mk
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }