--- Makefile.FreeBSD.orig	2006-03-17 21:17:36.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.FreeBSD	2014-08-03 18:48:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2006 Ken Kato
 
-AS = as
-ASFLAGS =
+AS ?= as
+ASFLAGS ?=
 
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -O2
+CC ?= gcc
+CFLAGS ?= -O2
 
-LD = gcc
-LDFLAGS =
+LD ?= ${CC}
+LDFLAGS ?=
 
 # replace the following line if you prefer inline version
 # of vmcall functions (vmcall.c) -- works only with gcc
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 
 VMWLIB =
 SHRLIB =
-FTPLIB = -L/usr/local/lib -liconv
+FTPLIB ?= -L/usr/local/lib -liconv
 
 include Makefile.inc