diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ef57d0..90ad156 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -769,7 +769,8 @@
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
 CPPFLAGS
-CPP'
+CPP
+CPPFLAGS'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -7551,8 +7552,8 @@
 	IRIX*/6*) LDSHARED="ld ${SGI_ABI} -shared -all";;
 	SunOS/5*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
-		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS)'
+		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G $(LDFLAGS)';
 		fi ;;
 	hp*|HP*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3c6bd6f..9b7a5a7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1758,8 +1758,8 @@
 	IRIX*/6*) LDSHARED="ld ${SGI_ABI} -shared -all";;
 	SunOS/5*) 
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
-		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS)'
+		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G $(LDFLAGS)';
 		fi ;;
 	hp*|HP*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"