diff --git a/README b/README
index de94178..9d7071d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ INSTALLER
 Optional varialbes to control the build process are
 
 CONFIGURE_OPTS  options which will be passed to configure
+CMAKE_OPTS      options which will be passed to cmake
 MAKEOPTS        options which will be passed to make (see sit.conf)
 
 
diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 195bf96..07df39e 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		fi
 	elif [ -f ${SRCDIR}/CMakeLists.txt ] ; then
 #sit_info "Running cmake"
-		cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX ${SRCDIR} 
+		cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX $CMAKE_OPTS ${SRCDIR} 
 	fi
 }
 sit_configure() {