diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index 4b6bab37dc9..758ea4357a7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -742,6 +742,13 @@ endif
 # tracking (see below) is used.
 %: %.c
 
+# Replace gmake's default rule for linking a single .o file to produce an
+# executable.  The main point here is to put LDFLAGS after the .o file,
+# since we put -l switches into LDFLAGS and those are order-sensitive.
+# In addition, include CFLAGS and LDFLAGS_EX per project conventions.
+%: %.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
+
 ifndef PGXS
 
 # Remake Makefile.global from Makefile.global.in if the latter
diff --git a/src/backend/Makefile b/src/backend/Makefile
index e05f55cad49..478a96db9bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 
 postgres: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 endif
 endif
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
 
 postgres: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) -Wl,--stack,$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.a $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) -Wl,--stack,$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 # libpostgres.a is actually built in the preceding rule, but we need this to
 # ensure it's newer than postgres; see notes in src/backend/parser/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 LIBS += -lsecur32
 
 postgres: $(OBJS) $(WIN32RES)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.a $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.a $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
 
 # libpostgres.a is actually built in the preceding rule, but we need this to
 # ensure it's newer than postgres; see notes in src/backend/parser/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ endif # win32
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 
 postgres: $(POSTGRES_IMP)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) -Wl,-bE:$(top_builddir)/src/backend/$(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBS) -Wl,-brtllib -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) -Wl,-bE:$(top_builddir)/src/backend/$(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBS) -Wl,-brtllib -o $@
 
 $(POSTGRES_IMP): $(OBJS)
 	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) SUBSYS.o $(call expand_subsys,$^)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $(top_builddir)/src/port/libpgport_srv.a: | submake-libpgport
 # The postgres.o target is needed by the rule in Makefile.global that
 # creates the exports file when MAKE_EXPORTS = true.
 postgres.o: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDREL) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(LDREL) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 
 # The following targets are specified in make commands that appear in
@@ -319,4 +319,4 @@ maintainer-clean: distclean
 # are up to date.  It saves the time of doing all the submakes.
 .PHONY: quick
 quick: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LIBS) -o postgres
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$^) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(export_dynamic) $(LIBS) -o postgres
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
index 911d03dbd14..69ddd8e9f71 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 all: ecpg
 
 ecpg: $(OBJS) | submake-libpgport
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $^ $(LIBS) $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -o $@$(X)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -o $@$(X)
 
 # We symlink typename.c from ecpglib and recompile it here
 typename.c: % : $(top_srcdir)/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/%
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile
index c761a4dcb0d..be53b7b94dc 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 all: pg_regress$(X)
 
 pg_regress$(X): pg_regress_ecpg.o $(WIN32RES) $(top_builddir)/src/test/regress/pg_regress.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 $(top_builddir)/src/test/regress/pg_regress.o:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $@) $(notdir $@)
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile.regress b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile.regress
index 4da1bb8a036..b0647cd2c5f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile.regress
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile.regress
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ ECPG_TEST_DEPENDENCIES = ../../preproc/ecpg$(X) \
 	$(srcdir)/../../include/sqltypes.h \
 	$(srcdir)/../../include/sql3types.h
 
-%: %.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) -o $@
-
 # Caution: this build rule is overridden in some child Makefiles
 # where it's necessary to use nondefault switches to ecpg;
 # make sure those rules match except for the extra switches.
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.aix b/src/makefiles/Makefile.aix
index e5ad89d1470..0f6c0289384 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.aix
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.aix
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ MKLDEXPORT=$(top_srcdir)/$(MKLDEXPORT_DIR)/mkldexport.sh
 
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %$(DLSUFFIX): %.o %.exp
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -o $@ $*.o -Wl,-bE:$*.exp $(BE_DLLLIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $*.o $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -o $@ -Wl,-bE:$*.exp $(BE_DLLLIBS)
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.darwin b/src/makefiles/Makefile.darwin
index 7a8ba3e5274..e2b1d44959f 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.darwin
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.darwin
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ endif
 
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -bundle $(BE_DLLLIBS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -bundle $(BE_DLLLIBS) -o $@
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd b/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
index 5a98e5a2b0b..ce03c8dcd26 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC -DPIC
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
 ifdef ELF_SYSTEM
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
 else
 	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) $<.obj -x $<
 	@echo building shared object $@
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.hpux b/src/makefiles/Makefile.hpux
index 97bd0ba6d9e..30dd3eb77e6 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.hpux
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.hpux
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ endif
 %$(DLSUFFIX): %.o
 ifeq ($(GCC), yes)
   ifeq ($(with_gnu_ld), yes)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $< `$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name`
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ `$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name`
   else
 	$(LD) -b -o $@ $< `$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name`
   endif
 else
   ifeq ($(with_gnu_ld), yes)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
   else
 	$(LD) -b -o $@ $<
   endif
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux b/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux
index f4f091caef5..ac58fe45de0 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC
 
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.netbsd b/src/makefiles/Makefile.netbsd
index 43841c15973..7bb9721fa5b 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.netbsd
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.netbsd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC -DPIC
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
 ifdef ELF_SYSTEM
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
 else
 	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) $<.obj -x $<
 	@echo building shared object $@
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.openbsd b/src/makefiles/Makefile.openbsd
index d8fde49d5c8..eda311087cb 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.openbsd
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.openbsd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC -DPIC
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
 ifdef ELF_SYSTEM
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
 else
 	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) $<.obj -x $<
 	@echo building shared object $@
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.solaris b/src/makefiles/Makefile.solaris
index e459de30cf4..a7f5652f0ca 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.solaris
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.solaris
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ endif
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.so: %.o
 ifeq ($(GCC), yes)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -shared -o $@
 else
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -G -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) -G -o $@
 endif
 
 sqlmansect = 5sql
diff --git a/src/test/thread/Makefile b/src/test/thread/Makefile
index f45bbda9fd9..dab1a4803fe 100644
--- a/src/test/thread/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/thread/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ all: thread_test
 
 thread_test: thread_test.o
 # no need for $LIBS, might not be compiled yet
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $^ $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -o $@$(X)
 
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f thread_test$(X) thread_test.o