cflags = os.environ.get('CPPFLAGS', '').split()
objdir = os.environ.get('OBJDIR')
version = os.environ.get('VERSION')
-swig_opts = []
+swig_opts = os.environ.get('SWIG_OPTS', '').split()
# If we were called directly rather than through our Makefile (which is often
# the case with Python module installation), read the settings from the
# Makefile.
-if not all((version, files, cflags, objdir)):
+if not all((swig_opts, version, files, cflags, objdir)):
swig_opts, version, files, cflags, objdir = GetEnvFromMakefiles()
libfdt_module = Extension(