diff --git a/tools/icons/makefile b/tools/icons/makefile
index 695ad600db..c6018984ac 100644
--- a/tools/icons/makefile
+++ b/tools/icons/makefile
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ CXXFLAGS = -Wall
 CPPFLAGS = -I $(AD)/libs/gtkmm2ext -I $(AD)/libs/widgets -I $(AD)/libs/pbd -I $(AD)/build/libs/pbd
 CPPFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags cairo cairomm-1.0 libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4`
 
-LDFLAGS = -L $(AD)/build/libs/pbd -lpbd -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/pbd
-LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/gtkmm2ext -lgtkmm2ext -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/gtkmm2ext
-LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/widgets -lwidgets -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/widgets
+LDFLAGS = -L$(AD)/build/libs/pbd -Wl,-rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/pbd
+LDFLAGS += -L$(AD)/build/libs/gtkmm2ext -Wl,-rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/gtkmm2ext
+LDFLAGS += -L$(AD)/build/libs/widgets -Wl,-rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/widgets
 
-LDLIBS = `pkg-config --libs cairo cairomm-1.0 libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4`
+LDLIBS = `pkg-config --libs cairo cairomm-1.0 libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4` -lpbd -lgtkmm2ext -lwidgets
 
 icon: icon.cc libwidgets
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ icon.cc $(LDLIBS)