diff --git a/libdwarf/Makefile.in b/libdwarf/Makefile.in
index fcae4bd..8a3984e 100644
--- a/libdwarf/Makefile.in
+++ b/libdwarf/Makefile.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ AR =		@AR@
 RM =		rm
 RANLIB =	@RANLIB@
 DEFS =		@DEFS@
-LIBS =		@LIBS@
+LIBS =		@LIBS@ -lelf
 INCLUDES =	-I. -I$(srcdir)
 dwfpic =        @dwfpic@
 dwfwall =       @dwfwall@
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dwfsanitize =   @dwfsanitize@
 dwfzlib =       @dwfzlib@
 SONAME =        libdwarf.so.1
 CFLAGS =	$(PREINCS) @CPPFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@ $(INCLUDES) $(dwfpic) $(dwfwall) $(dwfsanitize)  $(POSTINCS)
-LDFLAGS =	$(PRELIBS) @LDFLAGS@ $(dwfsanitize) $(POSTLIBS) 
+LDFLAGS =	$(PRELIBS) @LDFLAGS@ $(LIBS) $(dwfsanitize) $(POSTLIBS) 
 HOSTCFLAGS =	$(CFLAGS)
 HOSTLDFLAGS =	$(PRELIBS) @LDFLAGS@