diff --git a/src/Makefile.housekeeping b/src/Makefile.housekeeping
index 1dd1479..13f44dd 100644
--- a/Makefile.housekeeping
+++ b/Makefile.housekeeping
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ endif
 CFLAGS		+= $(WORKAROUND_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 ASFLAGS		+= $(WORKAROUND_ASFLAGS) $(EXTRA_ASFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS		+= $(WORKAROUND_LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-HOST_CFLAGS	+= -O2 -g
+HOST_CFLAGS	+= -O2 -g $(EXTRA_HOST_CFLAGS)
 
 # Inhibit -Werror if NO_WERROR is specified on make command line
 #
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ endif # defined(BIN)
 # The compression utilities
 #
 
-ZBIN_LDFLAGS := -llzma
+ZBIN_LDFLAGS := -llzma $(EXTRA_HOST_LDFLAGS)
 
 $(ZBIN) : util/zbin.c $(MAKEDEPS)
 	$(QM)$(ECHO) "  [HOSTCC] $@"