--- dev-libs/openssl/openssl-0.9.8g.ebuild
+++ dev-libs/openssl/openssl-0.9.8g.ebuild
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.9.8-makedepend.patch #149583
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.9.8e-make.patch #146316
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.9.8e-bsd-sparc64.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.9.8g-respect-LDFLAGS.patch
 
 	# allow openssl to be cross-compiled
 	cp "${FILESDIR}"/gentoo.config-0.9.8 gentoo.config || die "cp cross-compile failed"
@@ -116,6 +117,14 @@
 		-e "/^SHARED_LDFLAGS=/s:$: ${LDFLAGS}:" \
 		Makefile || die
 
+	sed -i \
+		-e "s:@LDFLAGS@:${LDFLAGS}:" \
+		apps/Makefile || die
+
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's:$${LDFLAGS:${LDFLAGS:' \
+		 Makefile.shared || die
+
 	# depend is needed to use $confopts
 	# rehash is needed to prep the certs/ dir
 	emake -j1 depend || die "depend failed"