diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d9b7d2..badecdc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ O := files-pwd.o \
      files-have_o_cloexec.o
 
 CFLAGS   += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -pthread -fpic
-LDFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$T -Wl,-as-needed -nostdlib -lpthread
+LDFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$T -Wl,-as-needed -nostdlib -lpthread
 CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(DATADIR)),)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3336c3d..8d0bf6d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ done
 #
 test -n "${CXXFLAGS}" && EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}
 test -n "${CFLAGS}"   && EXTRA_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
+test -n "${LDFLAGS}"   && EXTRA_LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
 
 # Inspect arguments and generate config.mk
 #
 echo "# autogenerated by: $0 $*" > config.mk
 for var in "$@" ; do
 	case ${var} in
-		CFLAGS=* | CXXFLAGS=*)
+		CFLAGS=* | CXXFLAGS=* | LDFLAGS=* )
 			echo "Setting EXTRA_${var}"
 			echo "EXTRA_${var}" >> config.mk
 			;;