diff --git a/libsepol/src/Makefile b/libsepol/src/Makefile
index d80a941fd..16b9bd5e2 100644
--- a/libsepol/src/Makefile
+++ b/libsepol/src/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif
 
 # check for reallocarray(3) availability
 H := \#
-ifeq (yes,$(shell printf '${H}define _GNU_SOURCE\n${H}include <stdlib.h>\nint main(void){void*p=reallocarray(NULL, 1, sizeof(char));return 0;}' | $(CC) -x c -o /dev/null - >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes))
+ifeq (yes,$(shell printf '${H}define _GNU_SOURCE\n${H}include <stdlib.h>\nint main(void){void*p=reallocarray(NULL, 1, sizeof(char));return 0;}' | $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -x c -o /dev/null - >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes))
 override CFLAGS += -DHAVE_REALLOCARRAY
 endif