--- skesa-2.4.0.orig/Makefile
+++ skesa-2.4.0/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
 NGS_INCL := -I $(NGS_PATH)/include
 NGS_LIB := -L $(NGS_PATH)/lib64
 
-CC = c++ -std=c++11 -fdiagnostics-color=never
+ifeq ($(origin CXX),default)
+CXX = c++
+endif
+CFLAGS += -std=c++11 -fdiagnostics-color=never
+LDLAGS += -std=c++11 -fdiagnostics-color=never
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wno-format-y2k  -pthread -fPIC -O3 -finline-functions -fstrict-aliasing \
          -fomit-frame-pointer $(BOOST_INCL) $(NGS_INCL) $(VDB_INCL)
 
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@
        -lrt -ldl -lm  -lpthread -lz
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
 
 binaries=skesa gfa_connector kmercounter
 
@@ -69,15 +73,15 @@
 
 skesa.o: common_util.hpp concurrenthash.hpp readsgetter.hpp ngs_includes.hpp counter.hpp graphdigger.hpp assembler.hpp KmerInit.hpp DBGraph.hpp Integer.hpp LargeInt.hpp LargeInt1.hpp LargeInt2.hpp Model.hpp config.hpp glb_align.hpp Makefile
 skesa: skesa.o glb_align.o
-	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 gfa_connector.o: gfa.hpp glb_align.hpp common_util.hpp concurrenthash.hpp readsgetter.hpp ngs_includes.hpp graphdigger.hpp KmerInit.hpp  DBGraph.hpp Integer.hpp LargeInt.hpp LargeInt1.hpp LargeInt2.hpp Model.hpp config.hpp Makefile
 gfa_connector: gfa_connector.o glb_align.o
-	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 kmercounter.o: common_util.hpp concurrenthash.hpp readsgetter.hpp ngs_includes.hpp counter.hpp graphdigger.hpp assembler.hpp KmerInit.hpp DBGraph.hpp Integer.hpp LargeInt.hpp LargeInt1.hpp LargeInt2.hpp Model.hpp config.hpp glb_align.hpp Makefile
 kmercounter: kmercounter.o glb_align.o
-	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 
 $(NGS_DIR)/ngs.done: