diff --git a/srcpkgs/boswars/template b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
index 51d0eef6a75..9d8fda5ccc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boswars/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'boswars'
 pkgname=boswars
 version=2.7
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="lua51-devel libtheora-devel libogg-devel libpng-devel libvorbis-devel MesaLib-devel SDL-devel"
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ checksum=dc3718f531e9ea413cf37e1333b62a4c5e69f1405502d9c59b9e424635135e3e
 nocross=yes
 
 do_build() {
+	# Patch make.py to respect our $CXXFLAGS and $LDFLAGS
+	sed -i make.py \
+		-e "s;^gccflags = '\(.*\)'.split();gccflags = '${CXXFLAGS}\1'.split();" \
+		-e "/^gccflags.*/a gldflags = '${LDFLAGS}'.split()" \
+		-e "s;self.ldflags = list(ldflags);self.ldflags = gldflags + list(ldflags);"
+	cat make.py
+	read xy
 	python make.py
 }