--- a/bindings/python/setup.py.in	
+++ a/bindings/python/setup.py.in	
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if "OPT" in config_vars and "-Wstrict-prototypes" in config_vars["OPT"]:
 source_list = os.listdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "src"))
 source_list = [os.path.join("src", s) for s in source_list if s.endswith(".cpp")]
 
-extra_cmd = '@COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @LIBS@ @BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_THREAD_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @SSL_LIBS@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @SSL_LDFLAGS@ @SSL_CXXFLAGS@'
+extra_cmd = '@COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @LIBS@ @BOOST_LDFLAGS@ @BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_THREAD_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @SSL_LIBS@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @SSL_LDFLAGS@ @SSL_CXXFLAGS@'
 
 setup( name='python-libtorrent',
 	version='@PACKAGE_VERSION@',
--- a/src/Makefile.am	
+++ a/src/Makefile.am	
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ $(top_srcdir)/include/libtorrent/variant_stream.hpp \
 $(top_srcdir)/include/libtorrent/version.hpp
 
 
-libtorrent_rasterbar_la_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) -version-info $(INTERFACE_VERSION_INFO)
+libtorrent_rasterbar_la_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) -version-info $(INTERFACE_VERSION_INFO) @BOOST_LDFLAGS@
 libtorrent_rasterbar_la_LIBADD = @ZLIB@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_THREAD_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @SSL_LIBS@
 
 AM_CXXFLAGS= -ftemplate-depth-100 -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include/libtorrent @ZLIBINCL@ @DEBUGFLAGS@ @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@ -DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_DISABLE_SERIALIZATION @SSL_CXXFLAGS@