--- Makefile.orig	2014-06-25 09:49:27.890282195 -0400
+++ Makefile	2014-06-25 09:55:08.418251742 -0400
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@
 # SC_VER_EXTRA is used for things like release candidates, and is written
 # by the packaging script.  It does not contribute to the library
 # versioning, so releases must never set SC_VER_EXTRA.
+#
+# SC_INCLUDE is used to specify a custom header file path (for package
+# maintainers).
+#
+# SC_LIBRARY is used to specify a custom library path (for package
+# maintainers).
+#
+# SC_PYTHON is used to specify a custom python 2.x binary path.
+# SC_PYTHON_CONFIG is used to specify a custom python 2.x -config
+# binary path.
+
 
 SC_VER_MAJ	:= 1
 SC_VER_MIN	:= 2
@@ -70,10 +81,16 @@ SC_BUILD	:= $(shell /bin/pwd)
 SC_LIB		:= lib
 SC_LIB_DBG	:= lib/debug
 SC_INC		:= -Iinclude
+ifdef SC_INCLUDE
+SC_INC		+= -I$(SC_INCLUDE)
+endif
 ifndef SC_RPM_BUILD
 SC_LINK		:= -L$(SC_LIB) -Wl,-rpath,$(SC_BUILD)/$(SC_LIB) \
 		   -Wl,--enable-new-dtags
 endif
+ifdef SC_LIBRARY
+SC_LINK		+= -L$(SC_LIBRARY)
+endif
 SC_LINK		+= -lsolarcapture$(SC_VER_MAJ)
 
 CWARNINGS	:= -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
@@ -120,10 +137,17 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS	:= components/sc_writer.o
 CORE_DBG_OBJS	:= $(patsubst %.o,%.dbg.o,$(CORE_OBJS))
 BUILTIN_DBG_OBJS:= $(patsubst %.o,%.dbg.o,$(BUILTIN_OBJS))
 
-PYTHON_CFLAGS	:= $(shell python-config --cflags 2>/dev/null)
-PYTHON_LIBS	:= $(shell python-config --libs 2>/dev/null)
+ifndef SC_PYTHON
+SC_PYTHON		:= python
+endif
+ifndef SC_PYTHON_CONFIG
+SC_PYTHON		:= python-config
+endif
+
+PYTHON_CFLAGS	:= $(shell $(SC_PYTHON_CONFIG) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+PYTHON_LIBS	:= $(shell $(SC_PYTHON_CONFIG) --libs 2>/dev/null)
 ifeq ($(PYTHON_CFLAGS),)
-PYTHON_VER	:= $(shell python -V 2>&1 | \
+PYTHON_VER	:= $(shell $(SC_PYTHON) -V 2>&1 | \
 			sed 's/Python \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/')
 PYTHON_CFLAGS	:= -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC \
 		     -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VER)