diff --git a/src/Makefile.shlib b/src/Makefile.shlib
index 4dd2ea6b555..1de2fbaf6ff 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 1998, Regents of the University of California
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib,v 1.72 2003/10/20 01:34:33 tgl Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib,v 1.72.2.1 2005/07/17 04:06:04 tgl Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ LINK.static = $(AR) $(AROPT)
 
 ifeq ($(enable_shared), yes)
 
+# Insert -L from LDFLAGS after any -L already present in SHLIB_LINK
+SHLIB_LINK := $(filter -L%, $(SHLIB_LINK)) $(filter -L%, $(LDFLAGS)) $(filter-out -L%, $(SHLIB_LINK))
+
 # For each platform we support shared libraries on, set shlib to the
 # name of the library, LINK.shared to the command to link the library,
 # and adjust SHLIB_LINK if necessary.
@@ -207,7 +210,6 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), beos)
   SHLIB_LINK		+= -ltermcap -lstdc++.r4 -lbind -lsocket -L/boot/develop/lib/x86
 endif
 
-SHLIB_LINK := $(filter -L%, $(LDFLAGS)) $(SHLIB_LINK)
 ifeq ($(enable_rpath), yes)
 SHLIB_LINK += $(rpath)
 endif