diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/JITInputFile/JITInputFile.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/JITInputFile/JITInputFile.cpp
index 71e82f82..0e255be6 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/JITInputFile/JITInputFile.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/JITInputFile/JITInputFile.cpp
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ int Trick::JITInputFile::compile(std::string file_name) {
     // rule to link shared library
     outfile << library_fullpath_name << ": " << object_fullpath_name << std::endl ;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-    outfile << "\t" << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_CXX") << " -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup -o $@ $< " << std::endl << std::endl ;
+    outfile << "\t" << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_CXX") << " " << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_LDFLAGS") << " -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup -o $@ $< " << std::endl << std::endl ;
 #else
-    outfile << "\t" << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_CXX") << " -shared -o $@ $< " << std::endl << std::endl ;
+    outfile << "\t" << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_CXX") << " " << get_trick_env((char *)"TRICK_LDFLAGS") << " -shared -o $@ $< " << std::endl << std::endl ;
 #endif
     // rule to compile cpp file
     outfile << object_fullpath_name << ": " << file_name << std::endl ;