diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e19ee88be..b5fa92d0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-04-18  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* conf/Makefile.common (LDFLAGS_PLATFORM): Use explicit -Wl.
+
 2012-04-18  Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
 
          * grub-mkconfig_lib.in: Ignore *.rpmnew and *.rpmsave.
diff --git a/conf/Makefile.common b/conf/Makefile.common
index ff36e36bd..b5615a14b 100644
--- a/conf/Makefile.common
+++ b/conf/Makefile.common
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ if COND_i386_pc
   CFLAGS_PLATFORM += -mrtd -mregparm=3
 endif
 if COND_i386_efi
-  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -melf_i386
+  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,-melf_i386
 endif
 if COND_x86_64_efi
-  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -melf_x86_64
+  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,-melf_x86_64
 endif
 if COND_i386_qemu
   CFLAGS_PLATFORM += -mrtd -mregparm=3
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if COND_mips
 endif
 if COND_sparc64_ieee1275
   CFLAGS_PLATFORM += -mno-app-regs
-  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -melf64_sparc -mno-relax
+  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,-melf64_sparc -mno-relax
 endif
 
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