diff --git a/config/rules.mk b/config/rules.mk
index 90a994659554..4d4771cd6729 100644
--- a/config/rules.mk
+++ b/config/rules.mk
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ ifeq (WINNT_,$(HOST_OS_ARCH)_$(GNU_CC))
 	$(HOST_LINKER) -OUT:$@ -PDB:$(HOST_PDBFILE) $($(notdir $@)_OBJS) $(WIN32_EXE_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_LINKER_LIBPATHS) $(HOST_LIBS) $(HOST_EXTRA_LIBS)
 else
 ifneq (,$(HOST_CPPSRCS)$(USE_HOST_CXX))
-	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_OUTOPTION)$@ $(HOST_CXX_LDFLAGS) $($(notdir $@)_OBJS) $(HOST_LIBS) $(HOST_EXTRA_LIBS)
+	$(HOST_CXX) $(HOST_OUTOPTION)$@ $(HOST_CXX_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) $($(notdir $@)_OBJS) $(HOST_LIBS) $(HOST_EXTRA_LIBS)
 else
-	$(HOST_CC) $(HOST_OUTOPTION)$@ $(HOST_C_LDFLAGS) $($(notdir $@)_OBJS) $(HOST_LIBS) $(HOST_EXTRA_LIBS)
+	$(HOST_CC) $(HOST_OUTOPTION)$@ $(HOST_C_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) $($(notdir $@)_OBJS) $(HOST_LIBS) $(HOST_EXTRA_LIBS)
 endif
 endif
 ifndef CROSS_COMPILE