diff --git a/GNUmakefile.in b/GNUmakefile.in
index 15b7f6f5..06a48026 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ CFLAGS ?= @CFLAGS@
 export CFLAGS
 LDFLAGS ?= @LDFLAGS@
 export LDFLAGS
+LIBS ?= @LIBS@
+export LIBS
 
 CROSS_CFLAGS ?= @CROSS_CFLAGS@
 export CROSS_CFLAGS
diff --git a/host/Makefile b/host/Makefile
index c1e3caae..3c9b783a 100644
--- a/host/Makefile
+++ b/host/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f limine-version limine-version.exe
 
 limine-deploy: limine-deploy.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -std=c99 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO limine-deploy.c -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -std=c99 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO limine-deploy.c $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 limine-version: limine-version.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -std=c99 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO limine-version.c -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -std=c99 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO limine-version.c $(LIBS) -o $@