--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@
 	( cd lib && $(PERL) Makefile.PL verbose INSTALLDIRS=$(PERL_INSTALLDIRS) )
 
 foomatic-combo-xml: foomatic-combo-xml.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o foomatic-combo-xml foomatic-combo-xml.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o foomatic-combo-xml foomatic-combo-xml.c
 
 foomatic-perl-data: foomatic-perl-data.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS) -o foomatic-perl-data foomatic-perl-data.c $(XML_LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o foomatic-perl-data foomatic-perl-data.c $(XML_CFLAGS) $(XML_LIBS)
 
 man: lib/Foomatic/Defaults.pm
 	chmod a+rx ./makeMan