diff --git a/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin b/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
index 0682c071..9cf16cfb 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
+++ b/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ afl-common.o: ./src/afl-common.c
 $(PASSES): instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h
 
 ./afl-gcc-pass.so: instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc | test_deps
-	$(CXX) $(CXXEFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) -shared $< -o $@
+	$(CXX) $(CXXEFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) -shared $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	ln -sf afl-cc afl-gcc-fast
 	ln -sf afl-cc afl-g++-fast
 	ln -sf afl-cc.8 afl-gcc-fast.8
diff --git a/GNUmakefile.llvm b/GNUmakefile.llvm
index 73ec7cf7..ed91deaa 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.llvm
+++ b/GNUmakefile.llvm
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ endif
 
 ./afl-ld-lto: src/afl-ld-lto.c
 ifeq "$(LLVM_LTO)" "1"
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 ifdef IS_IOS
 	@ldid -Sentitlements.plist $@ && echo "[+] Signed $@" || { echo "[-] Failed to sign $@"; }
 endif
diff --git a/utils/aflpp_driver/GNUmakefile b/utils/aflpp_driver/GNUmakefile
index fd39094c..3c8c637e 100644
--- a/utils/aflpp_driver/GNUmakefile
+++ b/utils/aflpp_driver/GNUmakefile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ ifneq "" "$(LLVM_BINDIR)"
   endif
 endif
 
-CFLAGS := -O3 -funroll-loops -g -fPIC
+CFLAGS := -O3 -funroll-loops -g -fPIC -fno-lto
+AR ?= ar
 
 ifdef IOS_SDK_PATH
   CFLAGS += -isysroot $(IOS_SDK_PATH)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ aflpp_driver.o:	aflpp_driver.c
 	-$(CC) -I. -I../../include $(CFLAGS) -c aflpp_driver.c
 
 libAFLDriver.a:	aflpp_driver.o
-	@ar rc libAFLDriver.a aflpp_driver.o
+	@$(AR) rc libAFLDriver.a aflpp_driver.o
 	@cp -vf libAFLDriver.a ../../
 
 debug:
@@ -38,13 +39,13 @@ debug:
 	$(CC) -I../../include -D_DEBUG=\"1\" -g -funroll-loops -c aflpp_driver.c
 	#$(CC) -S -emit-llvm -Wno-deprecated -I../../include $(CFLAGS) -D_DEBUG=\"1\" -c -o afl-performance.ll ../../src/afl-performance.c
 	#$(CC) -S -emit-llvm -I../../include -D_DEBUG=\"1\" -g -funroll-loops -c aflpp_driver.c
-	ar rc libAFLDriver.a afl-performance.o aflpp_driver.o
+	$(AR) rc libAFLDriver.a afl-performance.o aflpp_driver.o
 
 aflpp_qemu_driver.o:	aflpp_qemu_driver.c
 	-$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -O0 -funroll-loops -c aflpp_qemu_driver.c
 
 libAFLQemuDriver.a:	aflpp_qemu_driver.o
-	@-ar rc libAFLQemuDriver.a aflpp_qemu_driver.o
+	@-$(AR) rc libAFLQemuDriver.a aflpp_qemu_driver.o
 	@-cp -vf libAFLQemuDriver.a ../../
 
 aflpp_qemu_driver_hook.so:	aflpp_qemu_driver_hook.o