--- libmatroska-release-1.4.1/make/linux/Makefile
+++ libmatroska-release-1.4.1/make/linux/Makefile
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(LIBRARY_SO): $(objects_so)
-	$(CXX) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBRARY_SO_VER) -o $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(objects_so) -lebml
+	$(CXX) $(LINKFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBRARY_SO_VER) -o $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(objects_so) -lebml
 	rm -f $(LIBRARY_SO)
 	ln -s $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(LIBRARY_SO)