diff -ru a/files/site.config.m4 b/files/site.config.m4
--- a/files/site.config.m4	2005-05-29 11:35:42.000000000 -0500
+++ b/files/site.config.m4	2009-01-03 17:26:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 define(`confENVDEF', `@@confENVDEF@@')
 define(`confLIBS', `@@confLIBS@@')
 define(`confSTDIO_TYPE', `portable')
-define(`confLDOPTS', `-Wl,-z,now -s')
+define(`confLDOPTS', `-Wl,-z,now @@confLDOPTS@@')
 define(`confMANOWN', `root')
 define(`confMANGRP', `root')
 define(`confMANMODE', `644')
diff -ru a/sendmail-8.14.2.ebuild b/sendmail-8.14.2.ebuild
--- a/sendmail-8.14.2.ebuild	2007-11-02 15:34:08.000000000 -0500
+++ b/sendmail-8.14.2.ebuild	2009-01-03 17:24:39.000000000 -0600
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	epatch ${FILESDIR}/sendmail-delivered_hdr.patch || die
 
 	confCCOPTS="${CFLAGS}"
+	confLDOPTS="${LDFLAGS}"
 	confMAPDEF="-DMAP_REGEX"
 	conf_sendmail_LIBS=""
 	use sasl && confLIBS="${confLIBS} -lsasl2"  \
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 		-e "s/@@confMAPDEF@@/${confMAPDEF}/" \
 		-e "s/@@confENVDEF@@/${confENVDEF}/" \
 		-e "s/@@confLIBS@@/${confLIBS}/" \
+		-e "s/@@confLDOPTS@@/${confLDOPTS}/" \
 		-e "s/@@conf_sendmail_LIBS@@/${conf_sendmail_LIBS}/" \
 		${FILESDIR}/site.config.m4 > ${S}/devtools/Site/site.config.m4
 }