diff --git a/rbutil/ipodpatcher/Makefile b/rbutil/ipodpatcher/Makefile
index 3b7ec807a0..bae805671e 100644
--- a/rbutil/ipodpatcher/Makefile
+++ b/rbutil/ipodpatcher/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(findstring Darwin,$(shell uname)),Darwin)
 # additional frameworks to link on on OS X
-CFLAGS += -framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit
+LDOPTS += -framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit
 endif
 
 LIBSOURCES = ipodpatcher.c fat32format.c arc4.c \
diff --git a/rbutil/libtools.make b/rbutil/libtools.make
index 43ef3d9386..1ba0f77f72 100644
--- a/rbutil/libtools.make
+++ b/rbutil/libtools.make
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $(BINARY): $(OBJS) $(EXTRADEPS) $(addprefix $(OBJDIR),$(EXTRALIBOBJS))
 	@echo LD $@
 #	$(SILENT)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 # EXTRADEPS need to be built into OBJDIR.
-	$(SILENT)$(CROSS)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(BINARY) \
+	$(SILENT)$(CROSS)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDOPTS) -o $(BINARY) \
 	    $(OBJS) $(addprefix $(OBJDIR),$(EXTRADEPS)) \
 	    $(addprefix $(OBJDIR),$(EXTRALIBOBJS))