--- a/source/Makefile.common
+++ b/source/Makefile.common
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ XMLLIB = ../Microline/XmL/libXmL.a
 all: nedit nc
 
 nedit: $(OBJS) ../util/libNUtil.a $(XMLLIB) $(XLTLIB)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(XMLLIB) \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(XMLLIB) \
 	 $(XLTLIB) ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 # Note LIBS isn't quite right here; it links unnecessarily against Motif
 nc: nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 help.o: help.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(BIGGER_STRINGS) -c help.c -o $@