see if this helps

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1cc404cbb8fe248148a3a8dc147b098ce591c933..94af94fae89165a3218f727ec46ec49fb40f5387 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ build-arch: build-stamp
 build-indep: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
        dh_testdir
-       $(MAKE) 
+       CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" $(MAKE) 
        touch build-stamp
 
 clean: