--- Makefile.in~	Wed Mar 10 22:14:48 1999
+++ Makefile.in	Sun Mar 21 18:19:16 1999
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # for gzip because otherwise the load on the web server
 # grows without having big benefits.
 # COMPRESSION = -DCOMPRESSION=4
-COMPRESSION = -DCOMPRESSION=1
+COMPRESSION ?= -DCOMPRESSION=1
 
 # Dont change things beyond this line.
 TARGET          = c2html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 srcdir          = @srcdir@
 CPPFLAGS        = @CPPFLAGS@
 
-CFLAGS  = -O2 -Wall -pedantic $(COMPRESSION) 
+CFLAGS  += -O2 -Wall -pedantic $(COMPRESSION) 
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)
 
 all: $(TARGET)