diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/Makefile b/libraries/liblmdb/Makefile
index 4ff16df..7c3903b 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/Makefile
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ liblmdb.a:	mdb.o midl.o
 	ar rs $@ mdb.o midl.o
 
 liblmdb.so:	mdb.o midl.o
-	gcc -pthread -shared -o $@ mdb.o midl.o $(SOLIBS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -pthread -shared -o $@ mdb.o midl.o $(SOLIBS)
 
 mdb_stat: mdb_stat.o liblmdb.a
 mdb_copy: mdb_copy.o liblmdb.a