--- a/source/Makefile.common	2019-01-19 14:27:14.927734607 +0100
+++ b/source/Makefile.common	2019-01-19 14:28:46.186729890 +0100
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 # we only want natural rebuilds to regenerate the link date.
 nedit: $(OBJS) ../util/libNUtil.a $(XMLLIB) $(XLTLIB)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c linkdate.c -o linkdate.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) linkdate.o $(XMLLIB) \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) linkdate.o $(XMLLIB) \
 	 $(XLTLIB) ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 # Note LIBS isn't quite right here; it links unnecessarily against Motif
 nc: nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) nc.o server_common.o ../util/libNUtil.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 help.o: help.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(BIGGER_STRINGS) -c help.c -o $@