diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 2e92c586..6258c719 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FRAMEWORK_PATH = -F/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
 FRAMEWORK      = -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework CoreServices -framework CoreVideo -framework SkyLight
+CLI_FLAGS      =
 BUILD_FLAGS    = -std=c99 -Wall -g -O0 -fvisibility=hidden -mmacosx-version-min=11.0 -fno-objc-arc -arch x86_64 -arch arm64 -sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist $(INFO_PLIST)
 BUILD_PATH     = ./bin
 DOC_PATH       = ./doc
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@ clean: clean-build
 
 $(BUILD_PATH)/yabai: $(YABAI_SRC)
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_PATH)
-	xcrun clang $^ $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(FRAMEWORK_PATH) $(FRAMEWORK) -o $@
+	xcrun clang $^ $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(CLI_FLAGS) $(FRAMEWORK_PATH) $(FRAMEWORK) -o $@