diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_dump/Makefile
index ea515fd9de..95967893d8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I$(libpq_srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils
+LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils -lpq
 
 OBJS=	pg_backup_archiver.o pg_backup_db.o pg_backup_custom.o \
 	pg_backup_null.o pg_backup_tar.o pg_backup_directory.o \
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/Makefile b/src/bin/pgbench/Makefile
index 5e608b654b..1503d00e12 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 OBJS = pgbench.o exprparse.o $(WIN32RES)
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(libpq_srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils
+LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils -lpq
 
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 override CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/Makefile b/src/bin/psql/Makefile
index 6220d0d620..d1c3b777c2 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/psql/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 REFDOCDIR= $(top_srcdir)/doc/src/sgml/ref
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(libpq_srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils
+LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils -lpq
 
 OBJS=	command.o common.o help.o input.o stringutils.o mainloop.o copy.o \
 	startup.o prompt.o variables.o large_obj.o describe.o \
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/Makefile b/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
index 4e342ef888..8c107b1ba4 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 PROGRAMS = createdb createlang createuser dropdb droplang dropuser clusterdb vacuumdb reindexdb pg_isready
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I$(libpq_srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils
+LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils -lpq
 
 all: $(PROGRAMS)