diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index e381651c..04d99bd6 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RM=rm -f
 .SUFFIXES: .c .exe
 
 .c.exe:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@ `cat config`
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@ `cat config` $(LDFLAGS)
 
 all: config
 	$(MAKE) `ls ex-*.c|sed -e 's/\.c/\.exe/g'`
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ all: config
 
 config:
 	printf "#include <gmp.h>\nint main(void){mpz_t z; mpz_init(z); return 0;}\n" > config-test.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)  -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib config-test.c -lgmp -o config-test.exe 2> /dev/null && echo "-DHAVE_GMP=1 -DHAVE_MPFR=0 -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -lgmp" > config || echo "-DHAVE_GMP=0 -DHAVE_MPFR=0 " > config
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib config-test.c -lgmp -o config-test.exe $(LDFLAGS) 2> /dev/null && echo "-DHAVE_GMP=1 -DHAVE_MPFR=0 -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -lgmp" > config || echo "-DHAVE_GMP=0 -DHAVE_MPFR=0 " > config
 	printf "#include <mpfr.h>\nint main(void){mpfr_t z; mpfr_init(z); return 0;}\n" > config-test.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)  -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -I$(MPFR_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -L$(MPFR_DIR)/lib config-test.c -lmpfr -lgmp -o config-test.exe 2> /dev/null && echo "-DHAVE_GMP=1 -DHAVE_MPFR=1  -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -I$(MPFR_DIR)/include -L$(MPFR_DIR)/lib -lmpfr -lgmp" > config || echo "MPFR not available"
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -I$(MPFR_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -L$(MPFR_DIR)/lib config-test.c -lmpfr -lgmp -o config-test.exe $(LDFLAGS) 2> /dev/null && echo "-DHAVE_GMP=1 -DHAVE_MPFR=1  -I$(GMP_DIR)/include -L$(GMP_DIR)/lib -I$(MPFR_DIR)/include -L$(MPFR_DIR)/lib -lmpfr -lgmp" > config || echo "MPFR not available"
 	$(RM) config-test.c config-test.exe
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 9bfe39b3..3c4efe2d 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ all:
 .SECONDARY:
 
 .c.exe:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -g $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -g $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 .cpp.exe:
-	$(CXX) $(WCFLAGS_CPP) -Wno-sign-conversion -Wno-inline $(XCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -g $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(CXX) $(WCFLAGS_CPP) -Wno-sign-conversion -Wno-inline $(XCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -g $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 .c.depend:
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -MM -MT `echo $< |$(SED) 's/\.c/\.exe/g'` $< > $@
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ all:
 	awk '  printit { print } /END_COVERAGE/ { printit=1}' $< > $<.end.c
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -E -DNDEBUG -DWITHIN_COVERAGE $< |grep -v '^#' |awk ' /END_COVERAGE/ { printit=0} printit { print } /START_COVERAGE/ { printit=1 }' |perl -p -e "s/;(?![\"'])/;\n/g ; s/}(?![\"'])/}\n/g ; s/{(?![\"'])/{\n/g" > $<.middle.c
 	cat $<.first.c $<.middle.c $<.end.c > $<.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs -O -g $<.c -o $<.exe
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs -O -g $<.c -o $<.exe $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(LOG_COMPILER) ./$<.exe
 	LANG=C gcov $<.gcno >  `basename $< .c`.synt
 	cat `basename $< .c`.synt
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ sanitize:
 	awk '  printit { print } /END_COVERAGE/ { printit=1}' $< > $<.end.c
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -E -DNDEBUG -DWITHIN_COVERAGE $< |grep -v '^#' |awk ' /END_COVERAGE/ { printit=0} printit { print } /START_COVERAGE/ { printit=1 }' |perl -p -e "s/;(?![\"'])/;\n/g ; s/}(?![\"'])/}\n/g ; s/{(?![\"'])/{\n/g" > $<.middle.c
 	cat $<.first.c $<.middle.c $<.end.c > $<.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -fanalyzer -Wall -W -O2 -g $<.c -o $<.exe 2> `basename $< .c`.analyzer
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -fanalyzer -Wall -W -O2 -g $<.c -o $<.exe 2> `basename $< .c`.analyzer $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(RM) $<.first.c $<.end.c $<.middle.c $<.c $<.exe
 
 analyze: