diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ac2706b819a..26b2a71ab26 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ SAVED_WINDRESFLAGS=$WINDRESFLAGS
 
 # Use environment vars if set
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
+PLUGIN_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
 
 # Backslashes into forward slashes:
 # The following OS/2 specific code is performed to deal with handling of backslashes by ksh.
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ Optional Libraries:
 
   --with-ieee1284-prefix=DIR prefix where libieee1284 is installed (optional)
   --enable-opl2lpt         enable OPL2LPT support
-  
+
   --with-retrowave-prefix=DIR prefix where libretrowave is installed (optional)
   --enable-retrowave       enable RetroWave OPL3 support
 
@@ -4201,7 +4202,7 @@ POST_OBJS_FLAGS := -Wl,-no-whole-archive
 		append_var DEFINES "-DUNCACHED_PLUGINS"
 _mak_plugins='
 LDFLAGS				+= -Wl,-T$(srcdir)/backends/plugins/psp/main_prog.ld  -Wl,-zmax-page-size=128
-PLUGIN_LDFLAGS		+= -Wl,-T$(srcdir)/backends/plugins/psp/plugin.ld -Wl,-zmax-page-size=128 -lstdc++ 
+PLUGIN_LDFLAGS		+= -Wl,-T$(srcdir)/backends/plugins/psp/plugin.ld -Wl,-zmax-page-size=128 -lstdc++
 '
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -5988,6 +5989,7 @@ if test "$_enable_asan" = yes ; then
 	else
 		append_var CXXFLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
+		append_var PLUGIN_LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
 	fi
 fi
 echo "$_enable_asan"
@@ -5997,6 +5999,7 @@ echo_n "Enabling Thread Sanitizer... "
 if test "$_enable_tsan" = yes ; then
 	append_var CXXFLAGS "-fsanitize=thread"
 	append_var LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=thread"
+	append_var PLUGIN_LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=thread"
 fi
 echo "$_enable_tsan"
 
@@ -6005,6 +6008,7 @@ echo_n "Enabling Undefined Behavior Sanitizer... "
 if test "$_enable_ubsan" = yes ; then
 	append_var CXXFLAGS "-fsanitize=undefined"
 	append_var LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=undefined"
+	append_var PLUGIN_LDFLAGS "-fsanitize=undefined"
 fi
 echo "$_enable_ubsan"
 
@@ -6314,6 +6318,7 @@ OBJS += $OBJS
 DEFINES += $DEFINES
 LDFLAGS += $LDFLAGS
 
+PLUGIN_LDFLAGS += $PLUGIN_LDFLAGS
 $_mak_plugins
 
 port_mk = $_port_mk
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 88819554fe4..7081489f8c9 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ifdef PLUGIN
 PLUGIN-$(MODULE) := plugins/$(PLUGIN_PREFIX)$(notdir $(MODULE))$(PLUGIN_SUFFIX)
 $(PLUGIN-$(MODULE)): $(MODULE_OBJS-$(MODULE)) $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET)$(MKDIR) plugins
-	+$(QUIET_PLUGIN)$(LD) $(SAVED_LDFLAGS) $(filter-out $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS),$+) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -o $@
+	+$(QUIET_PLUGIN)$(LD) $(filter-out $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS),$+) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 # Reset PLUGIN var
 PLUGIN:=