diff --git a/qmeventd/Makefile b/qmeventd/Makefile
index c2fdc6d0..9c00a36d 100644
--- a/qmeventd/Makefile
+++ b/qmeventd/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags json-c glib-2.0)
 LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs json-c glib-2.0)
 
 qmeventd: qmeventd.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
 
 docs: qmeventd.8