diff --git a/srcpkgs/whois/template b/srcpkgs/whois/template
index c73edfbab74..680e3680f95 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/whois/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/whois/template
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ do_build() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		*-musl) LDFLAGS+=" -lintl";;
 	esac
-	make CC=$CC prefix=/usr HAVE_LIBIDN=1
+	make CC=$CC prefix=/usr HAVE_LIBIDN=1 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 }
 do_install() {
 	make prefix=/usr BASEDIR=${DESTDIR} install-whois