diff --git a/dmenubar/Makefile b/dmenubar/Makefile
index d170037..8c3d904 100644
--- a/dmenubar/Makefile
+++ b/dmenubar/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ options:
 	@echo "CFLAGS   = ${CFLAGS}"
 	@echo "LDFLAGS  = ${LDFLAGS}"
 	@echo "CC       = ${CC}"
+	@echo "LD       = ${LD}"
 
 .c.o:
 	@echo CC $<
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ config.h:
 
 dmenu: ${OBJ}
 	@echo LD $@
-	@${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
+	@${LD} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
 	@strip $@
 
 clean:
diff --git a/dmenubar/config.mk b/dmenubar/config.mk
index cc19e19..cd14ca4 100644
--- a/dmenubar/config.mk
+++ b/dmenubar/config.mk
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
 
 # compiler
 CC = cc
+LD = ${CC}