# has two purposes: it allows libraries to be used in situations where
# $gp != our _gp, and it allows them to be built with -G8 while
# retaining link compability with -G0 and -G4.
-CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = -Os -minterlink-mips16 -mcode-xonly -mno-gpopt
-CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET = -Os -minterlink-mips16 -mcode-xonly -mno-gpopt
+CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET += -Os -minterlink-mips16 -mcode-xonly -mno-gpopt
+CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET += -Os -minterlink-mips16 -mcode-xonly -mno-gpopt