diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6924cb..c8d9450 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 The main systems used for development are CMake and GNU Make. Those systems are always complete and up-to-date. The others should reflect all changes present in the CMake and Make build system, although features may not be ported there automatically.
 
-The Make and CMake build systems create three libraries: libmbedcrypto, libmbedx509, and libmbedtls. Note that libmbedtls depends on libmbedx509 and libmbedcrypto, and libmbedx509 depends on libmbedcrypto. As a result, some linkers will expect flags to be in a specific order, for example the GNU linker wants `-lmbedtls -lmbedx509 -lmbedcrypto`. Also, when loading shared libraries using dlopen(), you'll need to load libmbedcrypto first, then libmbedx509, before you can load libmbedtls.
+The Make and CMake build systems create three libraries: libmbedcrypto, libmbedx509, and libmbedtls. Note that libmbedtls depends on libmbedx509 and libmbedcrypto, and libmbedx509 depends on libmbedcrypto. As a result, some linkers will expect flags to be in a specific order, for example the GNU linker wants `-lmbedtls -lmbedx509 -lmbedcrypto`.
 
 ### Tool versions
 
diff --git a/library/Makefile b/library/Makefile
index 13cd7db..cbe6031 100644
--- a/library/Makefile
+++ b/library/Makefile
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
 libmbedtls.$(SOEXT_TLS): $(OBJS_TLS) libmbedx509.so
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -L. -lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509 $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_TLS)
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(OBJS_TLS) -L. -lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509$(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedtls.so: libmbedtls.$(SOEXT_TLS)
 	echo "  LN    $@ -> $<"
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 
 libmbedtls.dylib: $(OBJS_TLS) libmbedx509.dylib
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -dynamiclib -L. -lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509 $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_TLS)
+	$(CC) -dynamiclib -o $@ $(OBJS_TLS) -L. -lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509 $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedtls.dll: $(OBJS_TLS) libmbedx509.dll
 	echo "  LD    $@"
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
 libmbedx509.$(SOEXT_X509): $(OBJS_X509) libmbedcrypto.so
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -L. -lmbedcrypto $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_X509)
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(OBJS_X509) -L. -lmbedcrypto $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedx509.so: libmbedx509.$(SOEXT_X509)
 	echo "  LN    $@ -> $<"
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
 libmbedx509.dylib: $(OBJS_X509) libmbedcrypto.dylib
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -dynamiclib -L. -lmbedcrypto  $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_X509)
+	$(CC) -dynamiclib -o $@ $(OBJS_X509) -L. -lmbedcrypto  $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedx509.dll: $(OBJS_X509) libmbedcrypto.dll
 	echo "  LD    $@"
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 
 libmbedcrypto.$(SOEXT_CRYPTO): $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO) $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedcrypto.so: libmbedcrypto.$(SOEXT_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  LN    $@ -> $<"
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 
 libmbedcrypto.dylib: $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  LD    $@"
-	$(CC) -dynamiclib $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
+	$(CC) -dynamiclib -o $@ $(OBJS_CRYPTO) $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 libmbedcrypto.dll: $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 	echo "  LD    $@"