diff --git a/crosstool-ng/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh b/crosstool-ng/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
index 059566d..741ed69 100644
--- a/crosstool-ng/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
+++ b/crosstool-ng/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ do_elf2flt_backend() {
     CT_DoLog EXTRA "Configuring elf2flt"
     CT_DoExecLog CFG                                            \
     CFLAGS="${cflags}"                                          \
-    LDFLAGS="${ldflags} -ldl"                                   \
+    LDFLAGS="${ldflags}"                                        \
+    LIBS="-ldl"                                                 \
     "${CT_SRC_DIR}/elf2flt-${CT_ELF2FLT_VERSION}/configure"     \
         --build=${CT_BUILD}                                     \
         --host=${host}                                          \