diff --git a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
index 06b58e50c..640fd02d0 100755
--- a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if test "x$MKOCTFILE" != "x"; then
   CFLAGS=`$MKOCTFILE -p CFLAGS`
   FFLAGS=`$MKOCTFILE -p FFLAGS`
   CXXFLAGS=`$MKOCTFILE -p CXXFLAGS`
+  LDFLAGS="`$MKOCTFILE -p LFLAGS` `$MKOCTFILE -p LDFLAGS`"
 fi
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/mex.am b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
index 0b6323b3e..f570a8625 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/mex.am
+++ b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ DEFS += -DMEXEXT=\".mex\"
 AM_CFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p CPICFLAG)
 AM_FFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FPICFLAG)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p CXXPICFLAG)
-
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p DL_LDFLAGS)
-AM_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LFLAGS)
-AM_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LDFLAGS)
 
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p OCTAVE_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p BLAS_LIBS)