diff --git a/chat/Makefile.linux b/chat/Makefile.linux
index 2445637..83114f1 100644
--- a/chat/Makefile.linux
+++ b/chat/Makefile.linux
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ INSTALL= install
 all:	chat
 
 chat:	chat.o
-	$(CC) -o chat chat.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o chat chat.o
 
 chat.o:	chat.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o chat.o chat.c
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux b/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux
index 303833a..04fe876 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #CC	= gcc
 COPTS	= $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS)
 CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I.. -I../../include -fPIC
-LDFLAGS	= -shared
+LDFLAGS_SHARED	= -shared
 INSTALL	= install
 
 # EAP-TLS
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all:	$(PLUGINS)
 	for d in $(SUBDIRS); do $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) -C $$d all; done
 
 %.so: %.c
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $^
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED) $(CFLAGS) $^
 
 VERSION = $(shell awk -F '"' '/VERSION/ { print $$2; }' ../patchlevel.h)
 
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux b/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux
index 4c5826f..1961e0e 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #CC	= gcc
 COPTS	= $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS)
 CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I../.. -I../../../include -fPIC
-LDFLAGS	= -shared
+LDFLAGS_SHARED	= -shared
 INSTALL	= install
 
 #***********************************************************************
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif
 all: $(PLUGIN)
 
 $(PLUGIN): $(PLUGIN_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -shared $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS_SHARED) $^ $(LIBS)
 
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(LIBDIR)
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux b/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux
index 9cb316d..7b23b25 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #CC	= gcc
 COPTS	= $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -DHAVE_MULTILINK
 CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I. -I../.. -I../../../include -fPIC
-LDFLAGS	= -shared
+LDFLAGS_SHARED	= -shared
 INSTALL	= install
 
 #***********************************************************************
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PLUGINS := pppol2tp.so openl2tp.so
 all: $(PLUGINS)
 
 %.so: %.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -shared $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS_SHARED) $^ $(LIBS)
 
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(LIBDIR)
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux
index fa49efb..d735c51 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CFLAGS=$(COPTS) -I../../../include '-DRP_VERSION="$(RP_VERSION)"'
 all: rp-pppoe.so pppoe-discovery
 
 pppoe-discovery: pppoe-discovery.o debug.o common.o
-	$(CC) -o pppoe-discovery pppoe-discovery.o debug.o -ludev
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o pppoe-discovery pppoe-discovery.o debug.o -ludev
 
 pppoe-discovery.o: pppoe-discovery.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o pppoe-discovery.o pppoe-discovery.c
diff --git a/pppdump/Makefile.linux b/pppdump/Makefile.linux
index 95c6805..33e5107 100644
--- a/pppdump/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppdump/Makefile.linux
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ INSTALL= install
 all:	pppdump
 
 pppdump: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) -o pppdump $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o pppdump $(OBJS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f pppdump $(OBJS) *~
diff --git a/pppstats/Makefile.linux b/pppstats/Makefile.linux
index c5ba3b1..eeccf83 100644
--- a/pppstats/Makefile.linux
+++ b/pppstats/Makefile.linux
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install: pppstats
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 444 pppstats.8 $(MANDIR)
 
 pppstats: $(PPPSTATSRCS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o pppstats pppstats.c $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o pppstats pppstats.c $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f pppstats *~ #* core