diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5794d864ec3..f590fe6c68a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3424,12 +3424,14 @@ case $_backend in
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,-Ttext,0x8c010000"
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-nostartfiles"
 		append_var LDFLAGS "-L$RONINDIR/lib"
-		append_var LIBS "$RONINDIR/lib/crt0.o"
+		append_var LDFLAGS "$RONINDIR/lib/crt0.o"
 		# Enable serial debugging output only when --enable-debug is passed
 		if test "$_release_build" = yes -o "$_debug_build" != yes; then
 			append_var LIBS "-lronin-noserial -lm"
+			append_var LDFLAGS "-lronin-noserial -lm"
 		else
 			append_var LIBS "-lronin -lm"
+			append_var LDFLAGS "-lronin -lm"
 		fi
 		;;
 	dingux)