diff -Naur gretl-1.7.6/cli/Makefile.in gretl-1.7.6.new/cli/Makefile.in
--- gretl-1.7.6/cli/Makefile.in	2008-03-24 08:46:11.000000000 -0400
+++ gretl-1.7.6.new/cli/Makefile.in	2008-08-08 09:18:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 MAKE = @MAKE@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< > .deps/$*.d 
 
 $(CLI): .deps $(OBJS)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(GRETLLIB) $(READLINE_LIBS) 
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(GRETLLIB) $(READLINE_LIBS) 
 
 .deps:
 	mkdir $@
diff -Naur gretl-1.7.6/gui2/Makefile.in gretl-1.7.6.new/gui2/Makefile.in
--- gretl-1.7.6/gui2/Makefile.in	2008-07-29 13:58:41.000000000 -0400
+++ gretl-1.7.6.new/gui2/Makefile.in	2008-08-08 09:17:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 libdir = @libdir@
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 MAKE = @MAKE@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 LN = @LN_S@
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< > .deps/$*.d 
 
 $(PROG): .deps $(OBJS) $(HACK_OBJ) $(GTKEXTRA_LITE) $(GTKSOURCEVIEW_LITE) 
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(HACK_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(INETLIB) $(CARBONLIB)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(HACK_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(INETLIB) $(CARBONLIB)
 
 $(HACK_OBJ): $(HACK_SRC) $(HACK_HDR)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) -c $<
diff -Naur gretl-1.7.6/lib/Makefile.in gretl-1.7.6.new/lib/Makefile.in
--- gretl-1.7.6/lib/Makefile.in	2008-05-24 21:40:28.000000000 -0400
+++ gretl-1.7.6.new/lib/Makefile.in	2008-08-08 09:16:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 bindir = @bindir@
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 MAKE = @MAKE@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 LN = @LN_S@
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MT $*.lo $< > .deps/$*.d
 
 $(LIBGRETL): .deps $(LOBJS) $(AUX_LOBJ)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(LOBJS) $(AUX_LOBJ) \
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LOBJS) $(AUX_LOBJ) \
 	-rpath $(prefix)/lib $(LIBS) \
 	-version-info $(CURRENT):$(REVISION):$(AGE)
 
diff -Naur gretl-1.7.6/plugin/Makefile.in gretl-1.7.6.new/plugin/Makefile.in
--- gretl-1.7.6/plugin/Makefile.in	2008-05-26 12:47:52.000000000 -0400
+++ gretl-1.7.6.new/plugin/Makefile.in	2008-08-08 09:13:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 MAKE = @MAKE@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 LN = @LN_S@
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 
 LIBTOOL = ../libtool
 COMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) 
-LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -module -avoid-version -rpath $(plugindir)
+LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version -rpath $(plugindir)
 
 GRETLINC = -I$(topsrc)/lib/src
 GRETLLIB = ../lib/libgretl-1.0.la