--- a/astrotcl/Makefile.in
+++ b/astrotcl/Makefile.in
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 RANLIB_STUB	= @RANLIB_STUB@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS	= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@
+SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@ $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT)
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS	= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 STLIB_LD	= @STLIB_LD@
 #TCL_DEFS	= @TCL_DEFS@
--- a/rtd/Makefile.in
+++ b/rtd/Makefile.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 CLEANFILES	= @CLEANFILES@ $(TEST_APPS) *.o tests/*.o
 EXEEXT		= @EXEEXT@
 LDFLAGS_DEFAULT	= @LDFLAGS_DEFAULT@
-MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS)
+MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS) $(SHLIB_LD_LIBS)
 MAKE_SHARED_LIB	= @MAKE_SHARED_LIB@
 MAKE_STATIC_LIB	= @MAKE_STATIC_LIB@
 MAKE_STUB_LIB	= @MAKE_STUB_LIB@
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 RANLIB_STUB	= @RANLIB_STUB@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS	= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@
+SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@ $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT)
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS	= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 STLIB_LD	= @STLIB_LD@
 #TCL_DEFS	= @TCL_DEFS@
@@ -442,14 +442,14 @@
 	$(AR) r $@ $(RTDEVT_OBJ)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
-$(RTD_SERVER): $(RTD_SERVER_OBJS)
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $(RTD_SERVER_OBJS) $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
+$(RTD_SERVER): $(RTD_SERVER_OBJS) $(RTDEVT_LIB)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $(RTD_SERVER_OBJS) $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
 
-rtdClient: rtdClient.o
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $? $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
+rtdClient: rtdClient.o $(RTDEVT_LIB)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $? $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
 
-rtdCubeDisplay: rtdCubeDisplay.o
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $? $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
+rtdCubeDisplay: rtdCubeDisplay.o $(RTDEVT_LIB)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $? $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
 
 #========================================================================
 # RTD Remote access C library
@@ -464,14 +464,14 @@
 #========================================================================
 test: binaries libraries $(TEST_APPS)
 
-tImageEvent: tImageEvent.o
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $@.o $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
+tImageEvent: tImageEvent.o $(RTDEVT_LIB)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $@.o $(RTDEVT_LIB) @LIBS@
 
 trtdRemote: trtdRemote.o
-	$(COMPILE) -o $@ $@.o $(RTD_REMOTE_LIB) @LIBS@
+	$(COMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $@.o $(RTD_REMOTE_LIB) @LIBS@
 
-tRtd: tRtd.o tRtdEvt.o tRtdEvtData.o
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $@.o tRtdEvt.o tRtdEvtData.o \
+tRtd: tRtd.o tRtdEvt.o tRtdEvtData.o $(PKG_LIB_FILE)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $@.o tRtdEvt.o tRtdEvtData.o \
 	@rtd_BUILD_LIB_SPEC@ @TK_LIB_SPEC@ @TCL_LIB_SPEC@ ${LIBS}
 
 #========================================================================
--- a/tclutil/Makefile.in
+++ b/tclutil/Makefile.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 RANLIB_STUB	= @RANLIB_STUB@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS	= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@
+SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@ $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT)
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS	= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 STLIB_LD	= @STLIB_LD@
 #TCL_DEFS	= @TCL_DEFS@
--- a/skycat/Makefile.in
+++ b/skycat/Makefile.in
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 CLEANFILES	= @CLEANFILES@ $(TEST_APPS) *.o tests/*.o
 EXEEXT		= @EXEEXT@
 LDFLAGS_DEFAULT	= @LDFLAGS_DEFAULT@
-MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS)
+MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS) $(SHLIB_LD_LIBS)
 MAKE_SHARED_LIB	= @MAKE_SHARED_LIB@
 MAKE_STATIC_LIB	= @MAKE_STATIC_LIB@
 MAKE_STUB_LIB	= @MAKE_STUB_LIB@
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 RANLIB_STUB	= @RANLIB_STUB@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS	= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@
+SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@ $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT)
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS	= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 STLIB_LD	= @STLIB_LD@
 #TCL_DEFS	= @TCL_DEFS@
--- a/cat/Makefile.in
+++ b/cat/Makefile.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 CLEANFILES	= @CLEANFILES@ $(TEST_APPS)  *.result *.tmp *.o tests/*.o
 EXEEXT		= @EXEEXT@
 LDFLAGS_DEFAULT	= @LDFLAGS_DEFAULT@
-MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS)
+MAKE_LIB	= @MAKE_LIB@ $(MERGE_OBJECTS) $(SHLIB_LD_LIBS)
 MAKE_SHARED_LIB	= @MAKE_SHARED_LIB@
 MAKE_STATIC_LIB	= @MAKE_STATIC_LIB@
 MAKE_STUB_LIB	= @MAKE_STUB_LIB@
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 RANLIB_STUB	= @RANLIB_STUB@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS	= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@
+SHLIB_LD	= @SHLIB_LD@ $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT)
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS	= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 STLIB_LD	= @STLIB_LD@
 #TCL_DEFS	= @TCL_DEFS@
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 cxxtests: $(CXX_TEST_APPS)
 
 $(CXX_TEST_APPS): FORCE
-	$(CXXCOMPILE) -o $@ $(srcdir)/tests/$@.C $(TEST_LIBS) $(LIBS)
+	$(CXXCOMPILE) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@ $(srcdir)/tests/$@.C $(TEST_LIBS) $(LIBS)
 	cp $(srcdir)/tests/test.table .
 	-@@LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR@=@exec_prefix@/lib; export @LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR@ ;\
 	$@ > $@.result 2>&1 ;\