diff --git a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
index ac4b3fe34..4060f3e40 100644
--- a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ build() {
 
    pushd tools
    for _tool in bcp inspect quickbook compiler_status process_jam_log wave; do
-      "${_stagedir}"/bin/b2 --toolset=gcc cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -std=gnu++11 -O3" $_tool
+      "${_stagedir}"/bin/b2 --toolset=gcc cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -std=gnu++11 -O3" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" $_tool
    done
-   "${_stagedir}"/bin/b2 --toolset=gcc cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -O3" library_status
+   "${_stagedir}"/bin/b2 --toolset=gcc cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -O3" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" library_status
    popd
    cp -a dist/bin/* "${_stagedir}"/bin
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ build() {
       link=shared,static \
       toolset=gcc \
       python=2.7 \
-      cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -O3" \
+      cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -O3" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
       --layout=system \
       --prefix="${_stagedir}" \
       ${JOBS} \