diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/wscript b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
index 3072e54436..b0d4917151 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/wscript
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ def build(bld):
         obj.target = 'ardour-' + str (bld.env['VERSION']) + '-vst.exe.so'
         obj.includes  = [ '../libs/fst', '.' ]
         obj.linkflags = ['-mwindows', '-Wl,--export-dynamic']
+        obj.linkflags += bld.env['LDFLAGS']
         obj.defines = ['_POSIX_SOURCE', 'USE_WS_PREFIX']
         obj.install_path = bld.env['DLLDIR']
         # end of the wine executable
diff --git a/libs/fst/wscript b/libs/fst/wscript
index 8e9b4ab2dc..c2afdd71fa 100644
--- a/libs/fst/wscript
+++ b/libs/fst/wscript
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def build(bld):
             'vstwin.c',
             )
         obj.linkflags = ['-mwindows', '-Wl,--export-dynamic']
+        obj.linkflags += bld.env['LDFLAGS']
         obj.target = 'ardour-vst-scanner.exe.so'
         obj.uselib = ['GIOMM', 'DL']
         obj.use = [ 'libpbd' ]