diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9b1009..9eefbcf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Apprentice binary
 
-CC = gcc
 ERL_EI_INCLUDE:=$(shell  erl -eval 'io:format("~s", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, include)])' -s init stop -noshell | head -1)
 ERL_EI_LIB:=$(shell  erl -eval 'io:format("~s", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, lib)])' -s init stop -noshell | head -1)
-CFLAGS = -std=c99 -g -Wall -Werror -I$(ERL_EI_INCLUDE)
-LDLIBS = -L$(ERL_EI_LIB) -lpthread -lei -lm -lmagic
+CFLAGS = -std=c99 -g -Wall -Werror
+CPPFLAGS = -I$(ERL_EI_INCLUDE)
+LDFLAGS = -L$(ERL_EI_LIB)
+LDLIBS = -lpthread -lei -lm -lmagic
 BEAM_FILES = _build/
 PRIV = priv/
 RM = rm -Rf
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ SOURCE_MAGIC = $(TEST_DIRECTORY)/elixir
 
 priv/apprentice: src/apprentice.c
 	mkdir -p priv
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $^ -o $@
 
 # Test case