diff --git a/gdk/Makefile.am b/gdk/Makefile.am
index 9e9378d357..2bfe4753ee 100644
--- a/gdk/Makefile.am
+++ b/gdk/Makefile.am
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ endif
 # since automake doesn't support conditionalized libsomething_la_LDFLAGS
 # we use the general approach here
 LDADD = \
+	$(GTK_LINK_FLAGS)						\
 	-version-info $(LT_VERSION_INFO)		 		\
 	-export-dynamic 						\
 	-rpath $(libdir) 						\
diff --git a/gdk/makegdkalias.pl b/gdk/makegdkalias.pl
index 02ba61d76d..1038ead6b6 100755
--- a/gdk/makegdkalias.pl
+++ b/gdk/makegdkalias.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+exit 0;
+
 my $do_def = 0;
 
 if (($#ARGV >= 0) && ($ARGV[0] eq "-def")) {
diff --git a/gtk/Makefile.am b/gtk/Makefile.am
index 4c0743bb03..08cc18d479 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ deps =
 # since automake doesn't support conditionalized libsomething_la_LDFLAGS
 # we use the general approach here
 libtool_opts =							\
+  $(GTK_LINK_FLAGS)						\
   -version-info $(LT_VERSION_INFO)				\
   -export-dynamic $(no_undefined) $(LIBTOOL_EXPORT_OPTIONS)	\
   -rpath $(libdir) $(libgtk_target_ldflags)
diff --git a/gtk/makegtkalias.pl b/gtk/makegtkalias.pl
index e3b6e2504d..73233da166 100755
--- a/gtk/makegtkalias.pl
+++ b/gtk/makegtkalias.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+exit 0;
+
 my $do_def = 0;
 
 if (($#ARGV >= 0) && ($ARGV[0] eq "-def")) {