diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e2e10acf5..95a230794e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall $(OPTIMIZE_FLAG) $(INCLUDE_DIRS) -g -I.
 ifeq ($(CXX_BUILD), 1)
-   LD = $(CXX)
+   LINK = $(CXX)
    CFLAGS += -std=c++0x -xc++ -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
 else
-   LD = $(CC)
+   LINK = $(CC)
    ifneq ($(GNU90_BUILD), 1)
       ifneq ($(findstring icc,$(CC)),)
          CFLAGS += -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ config.mk: configure qb/*
 
 retroarch: $(RARCH_OBJ)
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
-	$(Q)$(LD) -o $@ $(RARCH_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_DIRS)
+	$(Q)$(LINK) -o $@ $(RARCH_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_DIRS)
 
 tools/retroarch-joyconfig: $(RARCH_JOYCONFIG_OBJ)
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ endif
 
 tools/retrolaunch/retrolaunch: $(RARCH_RETROLAUNCH_OBJ)
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
-	$(Q)$(LD) -o $@ $(RARCH_RETROLAUNCH_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_DIRS)
+	$(Q)$(LINK) -o $@ $(RARCH_RETROLAUNCH_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_DIRS)
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c config.h config.mk
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)