diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be52cb8..c890bf6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	printf "extern void %s();\n" _t_$${arg}_init >> include/ebtables_u.h ; \
 	done ; \
 	printf "\n\tpseudomain(argc, argv);\n\treturn 0;\n}\n" >> ebtables-standalone.c ;\
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PROGSPECS) -o $@ $^ -I$(KERNEL_INCLUDES) -Iinclude ; \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(PROGSPECS) -o $@ $^ -I$(KERNEL_INCLUDES) -Iinclude ; \
 	for arg in $(EXT_FUNC) \
 	; do \
 	sed "s/ .*_init/ _init/" extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c > extensions/ebt_$${arg}.c_ ; \
diff --git a/extensions/Makefile b/extensions/Makefile
index 2070ee8..b3548e8 100644
--- a/extensions/Makefile
+++ b/extensions/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 EXT_LIBSI+=$(foreach T,$(EXT_TABLES), -lebtable_$(T))
 
 extensions/ebt_%.so: extensions/ebt_%.o
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ -lc $< -nostartfiles
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ -lc $< -nostartfiles
 
 extensions/libebt_%.so: extensions/ebt_%.so
 	mv $< $@