diff --git a/tools/pygrub/Makefile b/tools/pygrub/Makefile
index 536af07932..3063c4998f 100644
--- a/tools/pygrub/Makefile
+++ b/tools/pygrub/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ INSTALL_LOG = build/installed_files.txt
 all: build
 .PHONY: build
 build:
-	CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(PY_CFLAGS)" $(PYTHON) setup.py build
+	CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(PY_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(PY_LDFLAGS)" $(PYTHON) setup.py build
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: all