diff -ur mmseq-1.0.8a/src/Makefile mmseq-1.0.8a-new/src/Makefile
--- mmseq-1.0.8a/src/Makefile	2014-01-09 22:45:54.000000000 +0000
+++ mmseq-1.0.8a-new/src/Makefile	2015-03-01 22:35:22.349761703 +0000
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 	$(CXX) ${OPT} -c sokal.cc
 
 fasta.o : fasta.c fasta.h
+	$(CC) $(CXXFLAGS)  -c fasta.c
 
 uh.o : uh.cpp uh.hh
 	$(CXX) ${OMP} ${OPT} -c uh.cpp