diff -ruNp dmenu-5.0/config.mk dmenu-5.0.new/config.mk
--- dmenu-5.0/config.mk	2020-09-02 19:37:07.000000000 +0300
+++ dmenu-5.0.new/config.mk	2022-02-05 18:45:05.925753731 +0300
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ VERSION = 5.0
 # paths
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share/man
+LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib
 
 X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
 X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
 
 # includes and libs
 INCS = -I$(X11INC) -I$(FREETYPEINC)
-LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lX11 $(XINERAMALIBS) $(FREETYPELIBS)
+LIBS = -L${LIBDIR} -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} ${FREETYPELIBS}
 
 # flags
+OPTS ?= -Os
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(XINERAMAFLAGS)
-CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os $(INCS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall ${OPTS} ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
 LDFLAGS  = $(LIBS)
 
 # compiler and linker