diff --git a/winsup/ChangeLog b/winsup/ChangeLog
index d9f7ec423..09a3436b1 100644
--- a/winsup/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* Makefile.common (MINGW_LDFLAGS): Correctly use -L rather than -B here.
+
 2011-04-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* COPYING: Replace with the GPLv3 definition.
diff --git a/winsup/Makefile.common b/winsup/Makefile.common
index 3ebca3397..d496fb8d6 100644
--- a/winsup/Makefile.common
+++ b/winsup/Makefile.common
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ endif
 MINGW_INCLUDES:=${mingw_include} $(w32api_include)
 MINGW_CFLAGS:=-mno-cygwin $(MINGW_INCLUDES)
 MINGW_CXXFLAGS:=${filter-out $(newlib_source)/%,$(CXXFLAGS)} -mno-cygwin $(MINGW_INCLUDES)
-MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-B${mingw_build} -B${mingw_build}/mingwex
+MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-L${mingw_build} -L${mingw_build}/mingwex
 
 GCC_DEFAULT_OPTIONS:=$(CFLAGS_COMMON) $(CFLAGS_CONFIG) $(INCLUDES)