diff --git a/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk b/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
index a198a41bd..fb027dcee 100644
--- a/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
+++ b/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ endif
 	$(call QTOPIA4_QMAKE_SET,OBJCOPY,$(TARGET_OBJCOPY))
 	$(call QTOPIA4_QMAKE_SET,RANLIB,$(TARGET_RANLIB))
 	$(call QTOPIA4_QMAKE_SET,STRIP,$(TARGET_STRIP))
+	$(call QTOPIA4_QMAKE_SET,CFLAGS,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
+	$(call QTOPIA4_QMAKE_SET,CXXFLAGS,$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS))
 	-[ -f $(QTOPIA4_QCONFIG_FILE) ] && cp $(QTOPIA4_QCONFIG_FILE) \
 		$(QTOPIA4_TARGET_DIR)/$(QTOPIA4_QCONFIG_FILE_LOCATION)
 # Qt doesn't use PKG_CONFIG, it searches for pkg-config with 'which'.