diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92839f17ed..97839045e2 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ endif
 ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
 ldflags := $(strip $(ldflags))
 
-BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)"
+BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
 # check for nostrip option
 ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   BUILD_FLAGS += -trimpath