diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index fa8bb6f8b1..5d7e8bb092 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ QEMU_CFLAGS += -MMD -MP -MT $@
 %.o: %.m
 	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  OBJC  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
-LINK = $(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(1) $(ARLIBS_BEGIN) $(ARLIBS) $(ARLIBS_END) $(LIBS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+LINK = $(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(1) $(ARLIBS_BEGIN) $(ARLIBS) $(ARLIBS_END) $(LIBS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %$(EXESUF): %.o
 	$(call LINK,$^)