--- source/Makefile.common	2004-03-21 15:25:56.000000000 +0100
+++ source/Makefile.common.new	2009-10-24 10:47:03.667835157 +0200
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 # we only want natural rebuilds to regenerate the link date.
 nedit: $(OBJS) ../util/libNUtil.a $(XMLLIB) $(XLTLIB)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c linkdate.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) linkdate.o $(XMLLIB) \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) linkdate.o $(XMLLIB) \
 	 $(XLTLIB) ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 # Note LIBS isn't quite right here; it links unnecessarily against Motif
 nc: nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 help.o: help.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(BIGGER_STRINGS) -c help.c -o $@