--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 
 # Symbols used for using shared libraries
 SO=		@SO@
-LDSHARED=	@LDSHARED@ $(LDFLAGS)
-BLDSHARED=	@BLDSHARED@ $(LDFLAGS)
+LDSHARED=	@LDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS)
+BLDSHARED=	@BLDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(PY_CFLAGS)
 LDCXXSHARED=	@LDCXXSHARED@
 DESTSHARED=	$(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload
 
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
 
 # Build the interpreter
 $(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY)
-		$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ \
+		$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(PY_CFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ \
 			Modules/python.o \
 			-Wl,--whole-archive $(BLDLIBRARY) -Wl,--no-whole-archive $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)