diff --git a/srcpkgs/sic-git/template b/srcpkgs/sic-git/template
index ef2d3e11a70..0f69a5ff9a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sic-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sic-git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sic-git'
 pkgname=sic-git
-version=20140531
+version=20140803
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="git"
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ do_fetch() {
 	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
 }
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i 's|^CPPFLAGS =|CPPFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS =|CFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS =|LDFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/sic
 	vinstall README 644 usr/share/doc/sic