debian/changelog

+gffread (0.11.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Helmut Grohne ]
+  * Fix FTCBFS: Pass LINKER to make. (Closes: #940692)
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:58:41 +0200
+
 gffread (0.11.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version

debian/rules

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ export GCLDIR=/usr/include/gclib
 %:
 	dh $@
 
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build -- 'LINKER=$$(CXX)'
+
 ### When overriding auto_test make sure DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS will be respected
 #override_dh_auto_test:
 #ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))