diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ebfa17..3cacaa9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ src/version.o: src/version.h
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_MAIN) $(INC) $(PIC) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(LDSO_PATHNAME): $(LOBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_SET_SONAME)$(LDSO_PATHNAME) -o $@ $(LOBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_SET_SONAME)$(LDSO_PATHNAME) $(USER_LDFLAGS) \
+		-o $@ $(LOBJS)
 
 $(ALL_TOOLS): $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) src/main.o src/common.o -o $(PXCHAINS)
+	$(CC) src/main.o src/common.o $(USER_LDFLAGS) -o $(PXCHAINS)
 
 
 .PHONY: all clean install install-config install-libs install-tools
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2127287..a4dac46 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ fi
 echo CC?=$CC>config.mak
 [ -z "$CPPFLAGS" ] || echo CPPFLAGS?=$CPPFLAGS>>config.mak
 [ -z "$CFLAGS" ] || echo USER_CFLAGS?=$CFLAGS>>config.mak
+[ -z "$LDFLAGS" ] || echo USER_LDFLAGS?=$LDFLAGS>>config.mak
 echo prefix=$prefix>>config.mak
 echo exec_prefix=$exec_prefix>>config.mak
 echo bindir=$bindir>>config.mak