diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ebb3f8d65..96c009cff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Release 1.5.0 (2012-12-17)
 - TypeHandler::prepare() now takes const-reference
 - fixed GH #27: Poco::URI::decode() doesn't properly handle '+'
 - fixed GH #31: JSON implementation bug
+- fixed SF #597: Configure script ignores cflags
 
 Release 1.5.0 (2012-10-14)
 ==========================
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8951f982b..df4da5781 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
         odbcinclude="`echo ${1} | awk '{print substr($0,16)}'`" ;;
 
 	--cflags=*)
-		cflags="`echo ${1} | awk '{print substr($0,10)}'`" ;;
+		flags="`echo ${1} | awk '{print substr($0,10)}'`" ;;
 
 	--no-samples)
 		samples="" ;;