diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
index 98fb381c629..7a97df660b5 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
 override CPPFLAGS := -I$(libpq_srcdir) -DFRONTEND $(CPPFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS_INTERNAL += $(libpq_pgport) -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils
+LDFLAGS_INTERNAL += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils $(libpq_pgport)
 
 OBJS	= pg_rewind.o parsexlog.o xlogreader.o datapagemap.o timeline.o \
 	fetch.o file_ops.o copy_fetch.o libpq_fetch.o filemap.o \