--- /dev/null
+This patch is by Michael Mair-Keimberger, as part of bug 338786. It
+teaches the Makefile to support the user's LDFLAGS.
+
+Gentoo-Bug: 338786
+
+--- a/Makefile 2004-01-05 07:34:36.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Makefile 2013-03-15 22:11:58.105227982 +0100
+@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@
+ GKRELLM_INCLUDE = -I$(PREFIX)/include
+ GTK_CFLAGS = `$(GTK_CONFIG) --cflags`
+ GTK_LIB = `$(GTK_CONFIG) --libs`
+-FLAGS = -Wall -fPIC $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(GKRELLM_INCLUDE)
+-CFLAGS ?= -O -g
+-CFLAGS += $(FLAGS)
++FLAGS = -fPIC $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(GKRELLM_INCLUDE)
+ LIBS = $(GTK_LIB)
+ LFLAGS = -shared
+-CC ?= gcc
++CC = $(CC)
+ INSTALL = install -c
+ INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -s
+ PIX = caps_off.xpm caps_on.xpm num_off.xpm num_on.xpm
+
+ xkb.so: main.o
+- $(CC) $(FLAGS) main.o -o xkb.so $(LIBS) $(LFLAGS)
++ $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) main.o -o xkb.so $(LIBS) $(LFLAGS)
+
+ clean:
+ rm -f *.o core *.so* *.bak *~
+@@ -25,4 +23,4 @@
+ $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) xkb.so $(PLUGIN_DIR)
+
+ main.o: main.c $(PIX)
+- $(CC) $(FLAGS) -c main.c
++ $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c main.c
--- /dev/null
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit gkrellm-plugin
+
+DESCRIPTION="XKB keyboard switcher for gkrellm2"
+HOMEPAGE="http://tripie.sweb.cz/gkrellm/xkb/"
+SRC_URI="http://tripie.sweb.cz/gkrellm/xkb/dist/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="app-admin/gkrellm[X]"
+RDEPEND+=" ${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+DEPEND+=" ${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+
+PLUGIN_SO=xkb.so
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-makefile.patch" )
+
+src_compile() {
+ emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+}