diff --git a/config.mk.in b/config.mk.in
index 50687ba..d35c982 100644
--- a/config.mk.in
+++ b/config.mk.in
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ EXE =
 
 # Here, $(SONAME) resolves to the soname for the shared library being created.
 # The following are gcc options.  This works on GNU libc systems.
-LDSHLIB = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME)
+LDSHLIB = $(LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME)
 # You need -nostart instead of -shared on BeOS.  Though the BeOS compiler is
 # ostensibly gcc, it has the -nostart option, which is not mentioned in gcc
 # documentation and doesn't exist in at least one non-BeOS installation.