diff --git a/tests/unit/Makefile.am b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
index d290a1dc767ac1097edc8a72cfc30582f79b147e..aa74dc1ada5d9b8f0c4ae9a392d943c3840068b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = Makefile.inc
 
-LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la @CURL_LIBS@
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la @LDFLAGS@ @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
 DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DUNITTESTS