diff --git a/testing/statserial/APKBUILD b/testing/statserial/APKBUILD
index a02f34f0e36..d3af9c6e133 100644
--- a/testing/statserial/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/statserial/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Francesco Colista <francesco.colista@gmail.com>
 pkgname=statserial
 pkgver=1.1
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Display serial port modem status lines"
 url="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Serial"
 arch="all"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ prepare() {
 
 build() {
 	cd "$_builddir"
-	make || return 1
+	make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" CC="${CC:-gcc}" || return 1
 }
 
 package() {