diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fc676f8..951f4de 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %:
 	dh $@
 
-LDFLAGS += -Wl,--as-needed
+export LDFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS) -Wl,--as-needed
 
 override_dh_link:
 	dh_link -plibatasmart-dev lib/$$(basename $$(readlink debian/tmp/usr/lib/libatasmart.so)) usr/lib/libatasmart.so