diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 67fe5d7ef190..941761d9923d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ $(TE_IN): force
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libtraceevent
 
 $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.so.$(EVENT_PARSE_VERSION): $(TE_IN)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) --shared $^ -Wl,-soname,libtraceevent.so.$(EP_VERSION) -o $@
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) --shared $(LDFLAGS) $^ -Wl,-soname,libtraceevent.so.$(EP_VERSION) -o $@
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.so
 	@ln -sf $(@F) $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.so.$(EP_VERSION)
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ $(PLUGINS_IN): force
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(plugin_obj)
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.so: $(OUTPUT)%-in.o
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -nostartfiles -o $@ $^
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -nostartfiles -o $@ $^
 
 define make_version.h
   (echo '/* This file is automatically generated. Do not modify. */';		\