diff --git a/net-analyzer/sshping/files/sshping-0.1.4-respect-cxxflags.patch b/net-analyzer/sshping/files/sshping-0.1.4-respect-cxxflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f2f905aded6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-analyzer/sshping/files/sshping-0.1.4-respect-cxxflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index e8a7d0b..00ade1c 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+ #find_package(libssh)
+ 
+ # Build the sshping binary
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/ -Wall")
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/")
+ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} src/sshping.cxx)
+ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ssh)
+ install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/net-analyzer/sshping/sshping-0.1.4.ebuild b/net-analyzer/sshping/sshping-0.1.4.ebuild
index 86789a0acf0d..b6898c56a36b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/sshping/sshping-0.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/sshping/sshping-0.1.4.ebuild
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl"
 DEPEND="net-libs/libssh:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-man-dir.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-man-dir.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-respect-cxxflags.patch"
+)
 
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr"
+		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
 	)
 
 	cmake_src_configure