--- Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py.orig	2016-02-23 18:05:38.709628967 +0100
+++ Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py	2016-02-23 18:06:05.155956953 +0100
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@
         else:
             raise TypeError(
                   "'include_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings")
+        if 'PYINCDIRS' in os.environ:
+            incdirs = os.environ['PYINCDIRS'].split(':')
 
         if extra is None:
             extra = []
@@ -456,6 +458,9 @@
             raise TypeError("'runtime_library_dirs' (if supplied) "
                             "must be a list of strings")
 
+        if 'PYLIBS' in os.environ:
+            library_dirs = os.environ['PYLIBS'].split(':')
+
         return (libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs)
 
     def _need_link(self, objects, output_file):