diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1c08992..ffeb840 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-zip
 SUBDIRS = include
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include/ $(xerces_include) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lexer/ $(faxpp_include) $(tidy_include)
-LDFLAGS = -L$(xerces_lib) -R$(xerces_lib) $(faxpp_lib) $(tidy_lib) -lxerces-c $(faxpp_library) $(tidy_library)
+LDFLAGS += -L$(xerces_lib) $(faxpp_lib) $(tidy_lib) -lxerces-c $(faxpp_library) $(tidy_library)
 LDADD = libxqilla.la
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I autotools/m4