diff --git a/config-unix.mk b/config-unix.mk
index 10e8b6cb..347d9d77 100644
--- a/config-unix.mk
+++ b/config-unix.mk
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (darwin,$(PLATFORM))
 # Must correspond with UV_VERSION_MAJOR and UV_VERSION_MINOR in src/version.c
-LDFLAGS += -Wl,-soname,libuv.so.0.10
+SO_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-soname,libuv.so.0.10
 endif
 
 RUNNER_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ libuv.a: $(OBJS)
 
 libuv.$(SOEXT):	override CFLAGS += -fPIC
 libuv.$(SOEXT):	$(OBJS:%.o=%.pic.o)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(SO_LDFLAGS)
 
 include/uv-private/uv-unix.h: \
 	include/uv-private/uv-bsd.h \