diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index faf692be4..b45ab7170 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ bindir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 sharedir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/kak
 docdir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/kak
 
-CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -g -Wall -Wno-reorder -Wno-sign-compare -pedantic -rdynamic
+CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -g -Wall -Wno-reorder -Wno-sign-compare -pedantic
+LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
 
 os := $(shell uname)