diff --git a/net-dialup/tcpser/files/tcpser-1.1.4_dont-hardcode-cflags-and-ldflags.patch b/net-dialup/tcpser/files/tcpser-1.1.4_dont-hardcode-cflags-and-ldflags.patch
index 089661438c..14246d31fc 100644
--- a/net-dialup/tcpser/files/tcpser-1.1.4_dont-hardcode-cflags-and-ldflags.patch
+++ b/net-dialup/tcpser/files/tcpser-1.1.4_dont-hardcode-cflags-and-ldflags.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ From: Seth M. Price <sprice623@aol.com>
  DEF = 
 -CFLAGS = -O $(DEF) -Wall
 -LDFLAGS = -lpthread
-+CFLAGS = 
++CFLAGS += 
 +LDFLAGS += -lpthread
  DEPEND = makedepend $(DEF) $(CFLAGS)