diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 586cb4d..bec7e25 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 cd `dirname "$0"`
 
-CFLAGS=""
 PREFIX=/usr
 
 while [ ! -z "$*" ] ; do
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ US=`uname -s`
 UM=`uname -m | sed 's#^i.86$#i386#' | sed 's#^armv.l$#arm#'`
 case "$US" in
   Linux|FreeBSD)
-    CFLAGS="-fPIC"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
     ;;
   CYGWIN*)
     US="CYGWIN"
@@ -40,13 +39,15 @@ case "$US" in
   SunOS|AIX)
     UM=`uname -p`
     ;;
-  OS390)
-    UM="s390x" # guessing! since both "s390x" and "s390" are viable
-    ;;
 esac
 
 SYSTEM="$US-$UM"
 
+cp makefile.in makefile
+vim makefile -c "%s#%CFLAGS%#$CFLAGS#g" -c "%s#%PREFIX%#$PREFIX#g" -c "%s#%SYSTEM%#$SYSTEM#g" -c "%s#%LDFLAGS%#$LDFLAGS#g" -c wq
+
+exit
+
 cat makefile.in \
   | sed "s#%CFLAGS%#$CFLAGS#g" \
   | sed "s#%PREFIX%#$PREFIX#g" \
diff --git a/makefile.in b/makefile.in
index fec4bc2..5b2bcae 100644
--- a/makefile.in
+++ b/makefile.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SOURCEURL       =       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trothr/xmitmsgx/master
 ##### configuration #####
 
 CFLAGS          =       %CFLAGS%
+LDFLAGS         =       %LDFLAGS%
 PREFIX          =       %PREFIX%
 
 ##### configuration #####
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ libxmitmsgx.a:  xmitmsgx.o
 libxmitmsgxdyn.so:  xmitmsgx.o
 #		$(LD) -shared -o $@ $+
 #		$(CC) -shared -o $@ $+
-		$(CC) -shared -o libxmitmsgxdyn.so xmitmsgx.o
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o libxmitmsgxdyn.so xmitmsgx.o
 
 # this object is the library
 xmitmsgx.o:     makefile xmitmsgx.c xmitmsgx.h
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ xmitmsgx.h:
 # this target is left over from the original POSIX implementation
 xmitmsg:	makefile xmitmsg.o xmitmsgx.o
 #		$(CC) -o xmitmsg xmitmsg.o -L. -lxmitmsgx
-		$(CC) -o xmitmsg xmitmsg.o xmitmsgx.o
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xmitmsg xmitmsg.o xmitmsgx.o
 #		strip xmitmsg
 
 xmitmsg.o:      makefile xmitmsg.c xmitmsgx.h
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ xmitmsg.c:
 # 'xmiterr' is a utility program which reports ERRNO messages
 xmiterr:	makefile xmiterr.o xmitmsgx.o
 #		$(CC) -o xmiterr xmiterr.o -L. -lxmitmsgx
-		$(CC) -o xmiterr xmiterr.o xmitmsgx.o
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xmiterr xmiterr.o xmitmsgx.o
 
 # object deck for the 'xmiterr' program
 xmiterr.o:      makefile xmiterr.c xmitmsgx.h
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ libraries:  libxmitmsgx.a libxmitmsgxdyn.so
 
 xmsgtest:	makefile xmsgtest.o xmitmsgx.o
 #		$(CC) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o -L. -lxmitmsgx
-		$(CC) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o xmitmsgx.o
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o xmitmsgx.o
 
 xmsgtest.o:     makefile xmsgtest.c xmitmsgx.h
 		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o xmsgtest.o -c xmsgtest.c
@@ -120,10 +121,10 @@ test-xmsgtest:	xmsgtest
 
 test-libraries:  libxmitmsgx.a libxmitmsgxdyn.so xmsgtest.o
 		@echo "$(MAKE): testing static library"
-		$(CC) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o -L. -lxmitmsgx
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o -L. -lxmitmsgx
 		./xmsgtest
 		@echo "$(MAKE): testing shared library"
-		$(CC) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o -L. -lxmitmsgxdyn
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xmsgtest xmsgtest.o -L. -lxmitmsgxdyn
 		sh -c ' LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH ; exec ./xmsgtest '
 
 #
--- a/config.sh	2023-04-04 19:50:34 -0500
+++ b/config.sh	2023-04-04 19:50:34 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/rocket/conda/bin/bash
+ 
+######################### VARIABLES ##########################################
+PREFIX="/usr/local/"
+ 
+ 
+OFLAGS="-O"
+QFLAGS="-qlanglvl=extended:extc89:extc99 -qxplink -qdll -qenum=int -qexportall \
+	        -qfloat=ieee -qlongname -q32 -qseverity=e=CCN3296 -qcpluscmt"
+DFLAGS="-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_EXT -D_UNIX03_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 \
+	        -D_ISOC99_SOURCE -DEBCDIC -D_OE_SOCKETS -D_OPEN_MSGQ_EXT -D_OPEN_SYS \
+		        -D_OPEN_THREADS -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_UNIX03_SOURCE \
+			        -D_UNIX03_WITHDRAWN -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600"
+ 
+CFLAGS="${OFLAGS} ${QFLAGS} ${DFLAGS}"
+CC="xlc"
+CXX="xlc"
+CPP="xlc -E"
+QXXFLAGS="-qlanglvl=extended -qxplink -qdll -qenum=int -qexportall -qascii \
+	          -qfloat=ieee -qlongname"
+CXXFLAGS="-+ ${OFLAGS} ${QXXFLAGS} ${DFLAGS}"
+ 
+QLFLAGS="-qxplink -qdll"
+LDFLAGS="${OFLAGS} ${QLFLAGS} ${QLFLAGS}"
+CPPFLAGS="${DFLAGS}"
+ 
+X_INCLUDES='/usr/lpp/tcpip/X11R66/include'
+X_LIBRARIES='/usr/lpp/tcpip/X11R66/lib'
+ 
+########################## OVERRIDES #########################################
+export ac_cv_prog_GREP="grep -W filecodeset=ISO8859-1,pgmcodeset=IBM-1047"
+export CONFIG_SHELL='/rocket/conda/bin/bash'
+
+######################### MAIN ###############################################
+export CFLAGS CC CXX CPP LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS
+
+./configure --prefix=${PREFIX} 
+ 
+chtag -R -h -t -cISO8859-1 .
+
+make
+
+exit 0
+##############################################################################