diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8bd9957eb0..d80c0e4fa9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -868,7 +868,8 @@ EOF
     if test "$mingwce" = "yes"; then
         protocols="no"
     fi
-    LDFLAGS=-Wl,--output-def,$(@:.dll=.def),--out-implib,lib$(SLIBNAME:$(SLIBSUF)=.dll.a)
+    #FIXME: This ignores --extra-ldflags.
+    FFLDFLAGS=-Wl,--output-def,$(@:.dll=.def),--out-implib,lib$(SLIBNAME:$(SLIBSUF)=.dll.a)
     SLIBPREF=""
     SLIBSUF=".dll"
     EXESUF=".exe"