diff -urN ncurses-5.4.orig/mk-1st.awk ncurses-5.4/mk-1st.awk
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/mk-1st.awk	2004-01-10 20:48:43.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-5.4/mk-1st.awk	2009-04-02 10:23:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 				}
 				end_name = lib_name;
 				printf "../lib/%s : $(%s_OBJS)\n", lib_name, OBJS
-				printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) -o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) -version-info $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(SHLIB_LIST)\n", compile, lib_name, OBJS
+				printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) $(LDFLAGS) -o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) -version-info $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(SHLIB_LIST)\n", compile, lib_name, OBJS
 				print  ""
 				print  "install \\"
 				print  "install.libs \\"