Index: src/generate/unix/Makefile.config
===================================================================
--- src.orig/generate/unix/Makefile.config
+++ src/generate/unix/Makefile.config
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 # OPT_CFLAGS can be overridden on the make command line by
 #   adding OPT_CFLAGS="..." to the invocation.
 #
+# OPT_LDFLAGS can be overridden on the make command line by
+#   adding OPT_LDFLAGS="..." to the invocation.
+#
 # Notes:
 #   gcc should be version 4 or greater, otherwise some of the options
 #     used will not be recognized.
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ CC =    gcc
 OBJDIR =     obj
 BINDIR =     bin
 COMPILEOBJ = $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(OPT_CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-LINKPROG =   $(CC) $(OBJECTS) -o $(PROG) $(LDFLAGS)
+LINKPROG =   $(CC) $(OBJECTS) -o $(PROG) $(LDFLAGS) $(OPT_LDFLAGS)
 PREFIX ?=    /usr
 INSTALLDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
@@ -144,6 +147,11 @@ ACPICA_HEADERS = \
 OPT_CFLAGS ?= $(CWARNINGFLAGS)
 
 #
+# Common linker flags
+#
+OPT_LDFLAGS ?= 
+
+#
 # Optionally disable optimizations. Optimization causes problems on
 # some compilers such as gcc 4.4
 #