diff -Naur a/Makefile.global.in b/Makefile.global.in
--- a/Makefile.global.in	2011-07-11 17:19:57.000000000 -0400
+++ b/Makefile.global.in	2011-08-08 18:28:58.654658951 -0400
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 subdir=$(slony_subdir)
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I${pgincludedir} -I${pgincludeserverdir} $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS =   -L${pglibdir} -L${pgpkglibdir} -lpq @NLSLIB@
+override LDFLAGS +=   -L${pglibdir} -L${pgpkglibdir} -lpq @NLSLIB@
 
 ifeq ($(GCC), yes)
 	CFLAGS += -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
diff -Naur a/makefiles/Makefile.linux b/makefiles/Makefile.linux
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2011-07-11 17:19:57.000000000 -0400
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2011-08-09 07:52:47.071130982 -0400
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 endif
 
 %.so: %.o
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $<
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-sqlmansect = 7
\ No newline at end of file
+sqlmansect = 7