--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 	      'NAME'  	     => 'PDL::NetCDF',
 	      'AUTHOR'       => 'Douglas Hunt (dhunt@ucar.edu)',
 	      'PREREQ_PM'    => { PDL => 2.2 },
-	      'CCFLAGS'      => "$define_bool -g",  
+	      'CCFLAGS'      => "$define_bool $Config{ccflags}",  
 	      'VERSION_FROM' => 'netcdf.pd',
 	      'META_MERGE'   =>  {provides => {PDL::NetCDF => {file => 'netcdf.pd', version => 4.16}}},
 	      'TYPEMAPS'     => [&PDL_TYPEMAP()],