diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0afa377a8..46de0cebd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ rocksdbjavastatic: $(java_libobjects) libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I./java/. $(JAVA_INCLUDE) -shared -fPIC \
 	  -o ./java/target/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB) $(JNI_NATIVE_SOURCES) \
 	  $(java_libobjects) $(COVERAGEFLAGS) \
-	  libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a
+	  libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a $(LDFLAGS)
 	cd java/target;strip -S -x $(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
 	cd java;jar -cf target/$(ROCKSDB_JAR) HISTORY*.md
 	cd java/target;jar -uf $(ROCKSDB_JAR) $(ROCKSDBJNILIB)