diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 07016a7..504de40 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 include /usr/share/quilt/quilt.make
 
+DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
+include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
+
 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 
-CFLAGS = -Wall
-LDFLAGS = -Wl,--as-needed
-
 ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	CFLAGS += -O0
 else