diff --git a/pkgfs.conf b/pkgfs.conf
index eadaef71e83..08c7e05bc60 100644
--- a/pkgfs.conf
+++ b/pkgfs.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKGFS_SRC_DISTDIR=$HOME/pkgfs/distdir
 # Compilation flags for cc and c++.
 #
 PKGFS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
-PKGFS_CXXFLAGS="$G_CFLAGS"
+PKGFS_CXXFLAGS="$PKGFS_CFLAGS"
 
 #
 # END