diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index d3e8535..349b814 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -412,14 +412,14 @@
 
 libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	if test $(INSTSONAME) != $(LDLIBRARY); then \
-		$(LDSHARED) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM); \
+		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
 		$(LN) -f $(INSTSONAME) $@; \
 	else\
-		$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM); \
+		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
 	fi
 
 libpython$(VERSION).sl: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
-	$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM)
+	$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST)
 
 # This rule is here for OPENSTEP/Rhapsody/MacOSX. It builds a temporary
 # minimal framework (not including the Lib directory and such) in the current
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@
 # for a shared core library; otherwise, this rule is a noop.
 $(DLLLIBRARY) libpython$(VERSION).dll.a: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	if test -n "$(DLLLIBRARY)"; then \
-		$(LDSHARED) -Wl,--out-implib=$@ -o $(DLLLIBRARY) $^ \
-			$(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS); \
+		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--out-implib=$@ -o $(DLLLIBRARY) $^ \
+			$(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST); \
 	else true; \
 	fi
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 76df45c..a107473 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 - Added warnings on the use of ``__getslice__``, ``__setslice__``, or
   ``__delslice__``.
 
+- Issue #3678: Correctly pass LDFLAGS and LDLAST to the linker on shared
+  library targets in the Makefile.
+
 C-API
 -----