diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
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+## Armadillo requires it
+# CXX_STD = CXX11
+PKG_CXXFLAGS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
+PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)