diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index a49e500a..86726fed 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ all: configure mk/sysconf
 	${MAKE} -C lib
 	${MAKE} -C index depend recollindex
 	@NOQTMAKE@(cd $(QTGUI); ${QMAKE} recoll.pro)
-	@NOQTMAKE@${MAKE} -C $(QTGUI) depth=.. prefix=$(prefix) exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix) libdir=$(libdir)
+	@NOQTMAKE@${MAKE} -C $(QTGUI) LFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" depth=.. prefix=$(prefix) exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix) libdir=$(libdir)
 	@NOPYTHON@${MAKE} -C python/recoll libdir=$(libdir)
 	${MAKE} -C query recollq xadump
 
diff --git a/src/index/Makefile b/src/index/Makefile
index e30e4caa..f6b4e7e1 100644
--- a/src/index/Makefile
+++ b/src/index/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: depend librecoll $(PROGS)
 
 RECOLLINDEX_OBJS= recollindex.o rclmonrcv.o rclmonprc.o 
 recollindex : $(RECOLLINDEX_OBJS)
-	$(CXX) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) $(RECOLL_LDFLAGS) -o recollindex \
+	$(CXX) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) $(RECOLL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o recollindex \
                $(RECOLLINDEX_OBJS) \
 	       $(BSTATIC) $(LIBRECOLL) $(LIBXAPIAN) $(LIBXAPIANSTATICEXTRA) \
 	       $(LIBICONV) $(BDYNAMIC) \
diff --git a/src/lib/mkMake.in b/src/lib/mkMake.in
index 7c803e62..f372a8ef 100755
--- a/src/lib/mkMake.in
+++ b/src/lib/mkMake.in
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ librecoll.a : \$(DEPS) \$(OBJS)
 # programs or modules from the same Recoll release can be compatible.
 \$(LIBRECOLL): \$(DEPS) \$(OBJS)
 	\$(CXX) -shared -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--warn-unresolved-symbols \
-          -Wl,-soname=\$(LIBRECOLL) -o \$(LIBRECOLL) \$(OBJS) \
+          \$(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname=\$(LIBRECOLL) -o \$(LIBRECOLL) \$(OBJS) \
            \$(LIBXAPIAN) \$(LIBICONV) \$(X_LIBX11) \$(LIBSYS)
 	rm -f librecoll.so
 	ln -s \$(LIBRECOLL) librecoll.so