diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ca3f2c..aeeb952 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ MODEST_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL ?= -O2
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Werror
 CFLAGS += $(MODEST_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL) -Wno-unused-variable --std=c99 -I$(SRCDIR)
+LDFLAGS ?= -lm
 
 ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
     CFLAGS += -fPIC
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ ifeq ($(MODEST_BUILD_WITHOUT_THREADS),YES)
 	CFLAGS += -DMODEST_BUILD_WITHOUT_THREADS -DMyHTML_BUILD_WITHOUT_THREADS
 else
     $(info Build with POSIX Threads)
-	CFLAGS += -pthread -lm
+	CFLAGS += -pthread
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ include $(TARGET)/modest/Makefile.mk
 OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SRCS))
 
 shared: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared $(IMP_FLAG) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(LIB_TMP)/lib$(LIBNAME)$(LIBPOSTFIX) 
+	$(CC) -shared $(IMP_FLAG) $(OBJS) -o $(LIB_TMP)/lib$(LIBNAME)$(LIBPOSTFIX) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 static: shared
 	$(AR) crus $(LIB_TMP)/lib$(LIBNAME)$(LIBSTATIC_POSTFIX).a $(OBJS)