--- /dev/null
+Index: autofs-4.1.4/Makefile.rules
+===================================================================
+--- autofs-4.1.4.orig/Makefile.rules
++++ autofs-4.1.4/Makefile.rules
+@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ STRIP = :
+ #STRIP = strip --strip-debug
+ #endif
+
+-CC = gcc
+-CXX = g++
+-CXXFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
+-LD = ld
++CC ?= gcc
++CXX ?= g++
++CXXFLAGS ?= $(CFLAGS)
++LD ?= ld
+ SOLDFLAGS = -shared -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker $(autofslibdir)
+
+ # Standard rules