diff --git a/src/guacd/Makefile.am b/src/guacd/Makefile.am
index 8ec3c0e7..04a8f758 100644
--- a/src/guacd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/guacd/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ man_MANS = man/guacd.8
 noinst_HEADERS = client.h log.h
 guacd_SOURCES  = daemon.c client.c log.c
 guacd_LDADD    = @LIBGUAC_LTLIB@
-guacd_LDFLAGS  = @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @DL_LIBS@
+guacd_LDFLAGS  = @PTHREAD_LIBS@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = init.d/guacd.in man/guacd.8
 CLEANFILES = $(init_SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/src/libguac/Makefile.am b/src/libguac/Makefile.am
index 4a0cc1f1..a6724eb1 100644
--- a/src/libguac/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libguac/Makefile.am
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ libguac_la_SOURCES =  \
     unicode.c
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libguac.la
-libguac_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 5:0:0 @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @CAIRO_LIBS@ @PNG_LIBS@
+libguac_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 5:0:0 @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @CAIRO_LIBS@ @PNG_LIBS@ @DL_LIBS@