diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 30dd79e5..118f13d0 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ subdir: sysdep/paths.h .dir-stamp .dep-stamp
 	set -e ; for a in $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a -f $(srcdir_abs)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
 
 $(exedir)/bird: $(bird-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 $(exedir)/birdc: $(birdc-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 $(exedir)/birdcl: $(birdcl-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 .dir-stamp: sysdep/paths.h
 	mkdir -p $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
diff --git a/tools/Rules.in b/tools/Rules.in
index c5830443..fe0e8dfa 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.in
+++ b/tools/Rules.in
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ tests_executables := $(notdir $(basename $(tests_sources)))
 tests: $(tests_executables)
 
 %_test.o: $(srcdir)/$(dir-name)/%_test.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -c -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -c -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 %_test: $(srcdir)/$(dir-name)/%_test.o $(root-rel)test/birdtest.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 ifdef source