--- boost-build-1.34.1.ebuild	2008-02-13 15:06:01.000000000 +0100
+++ boost-build-1.34.1-r1.ebuild	2008-02-13 22:44:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@
 	#    and link targets to make it use the LDFLAGS var, or
 	# b) a simple dirty workaround by injecting the LDFLAGS in the LIBS env var
 	#    (which should not be set by us).
-	LIBS="${LDFLAGS}" CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} $(use_with python) || die "building bjam failed"
+	if [[ "${LDFLAGS}" != "" ]] ; then
+		LIBS="${LDFLAGS}" CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} $(use_with python) || die "building bjam failed"
+	else
+		CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} $(use_with python) || die "building bjam failed"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_install() {