diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b3a30e..ef43ef4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 CC ?= cc
+LDFLAGS = -lX11
 
 output: dwmblocks.c blocks.def.h blocks.h
-	${CC} `pkg-config --cflags x11 --libs x11` dwmblocks.c -o dwmblocks
+	${CC}  dwmblocks.c $(LDFLAGS) -o dwmblocks
 blocks.h:
 	cp blocks.def.h $@