--- a/servers/slapd/back-perl/Makefile.in
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-perl/Makefile.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 shared_LDAP_LIBS = $(LDAP_LIBLDAP_R_LA) $(LDAP_LIBLBER_LA)
 NT_LINK_LIBS = -L.. -lslapd $(@BUILD_LIBS_DYNAMIC@_LDAP_LIBS)
-UNIX_LINK_LIBS = $(@BUILD_LIBS_DYNAMIC@_LDAP_LIBS)
+UNIX_LINK_LIBS = $(@BUILD_LIBS_DYNAMIC@_LDAP_LIBS) `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`
 
 LIBBASE = back_perl