diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 6c65bc5542..d2dc3a6167 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1240,11 +1240,11 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-Wl,-rpath-link=$(HOST_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES) \
 	-Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN/../lib \
 	-shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) \
-	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(HOST_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS),, \
 	   $(PRIVATE_HOST_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	) \
+	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
 	-Wl,--whole-archive \
 	$(call normalize-host-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
@@ -1395,11 +1395,11 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-Wl,-rpath-link=$(HOST_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES) \
 	-Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN/../lib \
 	$(HOST_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
-	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS),, \
 		$(PRIVATE_HOST_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 		-fPIE -pie \
 	) \
+	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
 endef