diff -ur duke3d/source/buildengine/Makefile duke3d-patched/source/buildengine/Makefile
--- duke3d/source/buildengine/Makefile	2004-05-15 05:15:05.000000000 +0200
+++ duke3d-patched/source/buildengine/Makefile	2008-02-27 23:10:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
   ifeq ($(strip $(SDL_LIB_DIR)),please_set_me_cygwin_users)
     $(error Cygwin users need to set the SDL_LIB_DIR envr var.)
   else
-    SDL_LDFLAGS := -L$(SDL_LIB_DIR) -lSDL
+    SDL_LIBS := -L$(SDL_LIB_DIR) -lSDL
   endif
 else
   SDL_CFLAGS := $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
-  SDL_LDFLAGS := $(shell sdl-config --libs)
+  SDL_LIBS := $(shell sdl-config --libs)
 endif
 
 CC = gcc
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 ASMFLAGS = -f $(ASMOBJFMT) $(ASMDEFS)
 LINKER = gcc
 CFLAGS += $(USE_ASM) -funsigned-char  -DPLATFORM_UNIX -Wall $(SDL_CFLAGS) -fno-omit-frame-pointer
-LDFLAGS += $(SDL_LDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS += $(SDL_LIBS)
 
 # Rules for turning source files into .o files
 %.o: %.c
@@ -236,17 +236,17 @@
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(usedlls)),true)
 $(ENGINEDLL) : $(ENGINEOBJS)
-	$(LINKER) -shared -o $(ENGINEDLL) $(LDFLAGS) $(ENGINEOBJS)
+	$(LINKER) -shared -o $(ENGINEDLL) $(LDFLAGS) $(ENGINEOBJS) $(LDLIBS)
 
 $(NETDLL) : $(NETOBJS)
-	$(LINKER) -shared -o $(NETDLL) $(LDFLAGS) $(NETOBJS)
+	$(LINKER) -shared -o $(NETDLL) $(LDFLAGS) $(NETOBJS) $(LDLIBS)
 endif
 
 $(GAMEEXE) : $(ENGINEDLL) $(NETDLL) $(GAMEOBJS) $(PERLOBJS)
-	$(LINKER) -o $(GAMEEXE) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDPERL) $(PERLOBJS) $(GAMEOBJS) $(ENGINEDLL) $(NETDLL)
+	$(LINKER) -o $(GAMEEXE) $(LDFLAGS) $(PERLOBJS) $(GAMEOBJS) $(LDPERL) $(LDLIBS) $(ENGINEDLL) $(NETDLL)
 
 $(BUILDEXE) : $(ENGINEDLL) $(BUILDOBJS)
-	$(LINKER) -o $(BUILDEXE) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILDOBJS) $(ENGINEDLL)
+	$(LINKER) -o $(BUILDEXE) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILDOBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(ENGINEDLL)
 
 listclean:
 	@echo "A 'make clean' would remove" $(CLEANUP)
diff -ur duke3d/source/Makefile duke3d-patched/source/Makefile
--- duke3d/source/Makefile	2004-05-15 05:14:16.000000000 +0200
+++ duke3d-patched/source/Makefile	2008-02-27 23:09:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
   ifeq ($(strip $(SDL_LIB_DIR)),please_set_me_cygwin_users)
     $(error Cygwin users need to set the SDL_LIB_DIR envr var.)
   else
-    SDL_LDFLAGS := -L$(SDL_LIB_DIR) -lSDL
+    SDL_LIBS := -L$(SDL_LIB_DIR) -lSDL
   endif
 else
   SDL_CFLAGS := $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
-  SDL_LDFLAGS := $(shell sdl-config --libs) -L.
+  SDL_LIBS := $(shell sdl-config --libs) -L.
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(macosx)),true)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 #CC = icc
 #CFLAGS = -g $(SDL_CFLAGS) -DUSE_SDL=1 -DPLATFORM_UNIX=1 -DUSE_I386_ASM=1 $(EXTRACFLAGS) -O2
 
-LDLIBS = $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL -lSDL_mixer $(EXTRALDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS = $(SDL_LIBS) -lSDL -lSDL_mixer $(EXTRALDFLAGS)
 
 # !!! FIXME: Do we even need this? It doesn't fly on MacOS X.  --ryan.
 #LDLIBS += -Wl,-E