diff --git a/srcpkgs/tabbed/template b/srcpkgs/tabbed/template
index a31f66c22d..c8f8845c30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tabbed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tabbed/template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do_build() {
 	sed -i 's/CPPFLAGS =/CPPFLAGS +=/g' config.mk
 	sed -i 's/CFLAGS =/CFLAGS +=/g' config.mk
 	sed -i 's/LDFLAGS =/LDFLAGS +=/g' config.mk
-	make X11INC=/usr/include/X11 X11LIB=/usr/lib/X11
+	make CC=$CC INCS="-I." LIBS="-lX11"
 }
 
 do_install() {