diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f75a93fa9975..1d6695ec3138 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -294,10 +294,17 @@ CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
 	  else if [ -x /bin/bash ]; then echo /bin/bash; \
 	  else echo sh; fi ; fi)
 
+HOST_LFS_CFLAGS := $(shell getconf LFS_CFLAGS)
+HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS := $(shell getconf LFS_LDFLAGS)
+HOST_LFS_LIBS := $(shell getconf LFS_LIBS)
+
 HOSTCC       = gcc
 HOSTCXX      = g++
-HOSTCFLAGS   := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
-HOSTCXXFLAGS = -O2
+HOSTCFLAGS   := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 \
+		-fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS)
+HOSTCXXFLAGS := -O2 $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS)
+HOSTLDFLAGS  := $(HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS)
+HOST_LOADLIBES := $(HOST_LFS_LIBS)
 
 ifeq ($(shell $(HOSTCC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
 HOSTCFLAGS  += -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-parameter \
@@ -408,7 +415,7 @@ KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(S
 
 export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
-export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP
+export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP HOSTLDFLAGS HOST_LOADLIBES
 export MAKE AWK GENKSYMS INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON UTS_MACHINE
 export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS