diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 31b62a6cac8cea8b67680a955a0a06f1c0ebd44b..7723b2037f667d12074973ed6c7f251f755d4733 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ dmalloc = -DWITH_DMALLOC
 CFLAGS += ${xinerama} -DPREFIX=\"${PREFIX}\" \
 	-DPACKAGE=\"${PACKAGE}\" -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
 
-LDFLAGS += -lm -lpng -lX11 -lImlib2 -lgiblib ${xinerama_ld}
+LDLIBS += -lm -lpng -lX11 -lImlib2 -lgiblib ${xinerama_ld}
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index a5ea9b0f9f048eb5a8f0ed37af9806fb6f2633e9..ed1ecc8f28af752a77b3f61c907976d6ebfa1b90 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TARGETS = ${shell echo *.c}
 OBJECTS = ${TARGETS:.c=.o}
 
 feh: deps.mk ${OBJECTS}
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ ${OBJECTS} ${LDFLAGS}
+	${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ ${OBJECTS} ${LDLIBS}
 
 deps.mk: ${TARGETS}
 	${CC} -MM ${TARGETS} > $@