diff -r 1c68438f44f7 -r 1c56c03b7ed5 scripts/build/companion_libs/200-libelf.sh
--- a/scripts/build/companion_libs/200-libelf.sh	Fri Nov 16 14:59:27 2012 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build/companion_libs/200-libelf.sh	Fri Nov 16 15:25:57 2012 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
     libelf_opts+=( "host=${CT_BUILD}" )
     libelf_opts+=( "prefix=${CT_BUILDTOOLS_PREFIX_DIR}" )
+    libelf_opts+=( "cflags=${CT_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}" )
+    libelf_opts+=( "ldflags=${CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}" )
     do_libelf_backend "${libelf_opts[@]}"
 
     CT_Popd
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@
     libelf_opts+=( "host=${CT_HOST}" )
     libelf_opts+=( "prefix=${CT_HOST_COMPLIBS_DIR}" )
     libelf_opts+=( "cflags=${CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST}" )
+    libelf_opts+=( "ldflags=${CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_HOST}" )
     do_libelf_backend "${libelf_opts[@]}"
 
     CT_Popd
@@ -87,13 +90,15 @@
 #     destdir       : out-of-tree install dir   : string    : /
 #     host          : machine to run on         : tuple     : (none)
 #     prefix        : prefix to install into    : dir       : (none)
-#     cflags        : host cflags to use        : string    : (empty)
+#     cflags        : cflags to use             : string    : (empty)
+#     ldflags       : ldflags to use            : string    : (empty)
 #     shared        : also buils shared lib     : bool      : n
 do_libelf_backend() {
     local destdir="/"
     local host
     local prefix
     local cflags
+    local ldflags
     local shared
     local -a extra_config
     local arg
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@
     CC="${host}-gcc"                                        \
     RANLIB="${host}-ranlib"                                 \
     CFLAGS="${cflags} -fPIC"                                \
+    LDFLAGS="${ldflags}"                                    \
     "${CT_SRC_DIR}/libelf-${CT_LIBELF_VERSION}/configure"   \
         --build=${CT_BUILD}                                 \
         --host=${host}                                      \