--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@
 
     SUDO_LIBS="${SUDO_LIBS}${LDAP_LIBS}"
     LIBS="$_LIBS"
-    LDFLAGS="$_LDFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} $_LDFLAGS"
     # XXX - OpenLDAP has deprecated ldap_get_values()
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DLDAP_DEPRECATED"
 fi