diff --git a/srcpkgs/nmh/template b/srcpkgs/nmh/template
index 0fe8b93464c..4c9c55acb59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nmh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nmh/template
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ distfiles="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/$pkgname/$pkgname-1.6.tar.g
 checksum=29338ae2bc8722fe8a5904b7b601a63943b72b07b6fcda53f3a354edb6a64bc3
 
 pre_build() {
-	make CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" sbr/ctype-checked.h
+	make CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" sbr/ctype-checked.h
 }
 
 post_install() {