diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd b/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
index 90543b7016a..3acf890e08b 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.freebsd
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 AROPT = cr
 
 ifdef ELF_SYSTEM
-export_dynamic = -export-dynamic
-rpath = -R$(libdir)
+export_dynamic = -Wl,-export-dynamic
+rpath = -Wl,-R$(libdir)
 shlib_symbolic = -Wl,-Bsymbolic -lc
 endif