diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index a88becfa778..3e2d47e006b 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ endif
 
 # The build rule for the ScummVM executable
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(PRE_OBJS_FLAGS) $+ $(POST_OBJS_FLAGS) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	+$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(PRE_OBJS_FLAGS) $+ $(POST_OBJS_FLAGS) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 ifdef SPLIT_DWARF
 $(EXECUTABLE).dwp: $(EXECUTABLE)
diff --git a/backends/platform/ds/arm7/Makefile b/backends/platform/ds/arm7/Makefile
index 3289266df9b..2c75019aedb 100644
--- a/backends/platform/ds/arm7/Makefile
+++ b/backends/platform/ds/arm7/Makefile
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ $(OUTPUT).elf	:	$(OFILES)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.elf:
 	echo ELF
-	$(LD)  $(LDFLAGS) -specs=ds_arm7.specs $(OFILES) $(LIBPATHS) $(LIBS) -o $(TARGET).elf
+	+$(LD)  $(LDFLAGS) -specs=ds_arm7.specs $(OFILES) $(LIBPATHS) $(LIBS) -o $(TARGET).elf
 
 
 
diff --git a/backends/platform/ds/ds.mk b/backends/platform/ds/ds.mk
index 855cef72fae..16cffeabde7 100644
--- a/backends/platform/ds/ds.mk
+++ b/backends/platform/ds/ds.mk
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ $(ndsdir)/arm7/source/main.o: CPPFLAGS=
 $(ndsdir)/arm7/arm7.elf: \
 	$(ndsdir)/arm7/source/libcartreset/cartreset.o \
 	$(ndsdir)/arm7/source/main.o
-	$(LD) $(ARM7_LDFLAGS) -specs=ds_arm7.specs $+ -L$(DEVKITPRO)/libnds/lib -lnds7  -o $@
+	+$(LD) $(ARM7_LDFLAGS) -specs=ds_arm7.specs $+ -L$(DEVKITPRO)/libnds/lib -lnds7  -o $@
 
 
 
diff --git a/backends/platform/n64/Makefile b/backends/platform/n64/Makefile
index 4f3744f7e85..f7341eedd46 100644
--- a/backends/platform/n64/Makefile
+++ b/backends/platform/n64/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ROMFS.img:
 	genromfs -f ./ROMFS.img -d ./ROMFS -V romtest
 
 $(TARGET).elf: $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) -o $(TARGET).elf $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	+$(LD) -o $(TARGET).elf $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 $(TARGET).bin : $(TARGET).elf
 	$(OBJCOPY) $(TARGET).elf $(TARGET).bin -O binary
diff --git a/backends/platform/psp/Makefile b/backends/platform/psp/Makefile
index 7f4f20446ea..d11c2be38a7 100644
--- a/backends/platform/psp/Makefile
+++ b/backends/platform/psp/Makefile
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-T../../plugins/psp/main_prog.ld
 all: $(PSP_EBOOT)
 
 $(TARGET).elf: $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(PRE_OBJS_FLAGS) $(OBJS) $(POST_OBJS_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	+$(LD) $(PRE_OBJS_FLAGS) $(OBJS) $(POST_OBJS_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o $@
 	cp $(TARGET).elf $(TARGET).org.elf
 	$(FIXUP) $@
 
diff --git a/devtools/module.mk b/devtools/module.mk
index eea319881ac..d5c7d65400d 100644
--- a/devtools/module.mk
+++ b/devtools/module.mk
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ clean-devtools:
 
 devtools/convbdf$(EXEEXT): $(srcdir)/devtools/convbdf.cpp
 	$(QUIET)$(MKDIR) devtools/$(DEPDIR)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CXXFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
+	+$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CXXFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
 
 devtools/md5table$(EXEEXT): $(srcdir)/devtools/md5table.c
 	$(QUIET)$(MKDIR) devtools/$(DEPDIR)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
+	+$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
 
 devtools/make-scumm-fontdata$(EXEEXT): $(srcdir)/devtools/make-scumm-fontdata.c
 	$(QUIET)$(MKDIR) devtools/$(DEPDIR)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
+	+$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -o $@ $<
 
 # Rule to explicitly rebuild the wwwroot archive
 wwwroot:
diff --git a/ports.mk b/ports.mk
index 38e58ada244..8be0d435cf8 100644
--- a/ports.mk
+++ b/ports.mk
@@ -470,14 +470,14 @@ endif
 # We use -force_cpusubtype_ALL to ensure the binary runs on every
 # PowerPC machine.
 scummvm-static: $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -force_cpusubtype_ALL -o scummvm-static $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS) \
+	+$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -force_cpusubtype_ALL -o scummvm-static $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS) \
 		-framework CoreMIDI \
 		$(OSX_STATIC_LIBS) \
 		$(OSX_ZLIB)
 
 # Special target to create a static linked binary for the iPhone (legacy, and iOS 7+)
 iphone: $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o scummvm $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS) \
+	+$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o scummvm $(DETECT_OBJS) $(OBJS) \
 		$(OSX_STATIC_LIBS) \
 		-framework UIKit -framework CoreGraphics -framework OpenGLES \
 		-framework CoreFoundation -framework QuartzCore -framework Foundation \
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index bb27b3322ef..88819554fe4 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ TOOL_LIBS-$(TOOL-$(MODULE)) := $(TOOL_LIBS)
 TOOL_CFLAGS-$(TOOL-$(MODULE)) := $(TOOL_CFLAGS)
 
 $(TOOL-$(MODULE)): $(MODULE_OBJS-$(MODULE)) $(TOOL_DEPS)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(TOOL_CFLAGS-$@) $+ $(TOOL_LIBS-$@) -o $@
+	+$(QUIET_LINK)$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(TOOL_CFLAGS-$@) $+ $(TOOL_LIBS-$@) -o $@
 
 # Reset TOOL_* vars
 TOOL_EXECUTABLE:=
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ifdef PLUGIN
 PLUGIN-$(MODULE) := plugins/$(PLUGIN_PREFIX)$(notdir $(MODULE))$(PLUGIN_SUFFIX)
 $(PLUGIN-$(MODULE)): $(MODULE_OBJS-$(MODULE)) $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET)$(MKDIR) plugins
-	$(QUIET_PLUGIN)$(LD) $(SAVED_LDFLAGS) $(filter-out $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS),$+) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -o $@
+	+$(QUIET_PLUGIN)$(LD) $(SAVED_LDFLAGS) $(filter-out $(PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS),$+) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 # Reset PLUGIN var
 PLUGIN:=
diff --git a/test/module.mk b/test/module.mk
index 5b34568e32d..192e336dbc6 100644
--- a/test/module.mk
+++ b/test/module.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ endif
 test: test/runner
 	./test/runner
 test/runner: test/runner.cpp $(TEST_LIBS) copy-dat
-	$(QUIET_CXX)$(LD) $(TEST_CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TEST_CFLAGS) -o $@ test/runner.cpp $(TEST_LIBS) $(TEST_LDFLAGS)
+	+$(QUIET_CXX)$(LD) $(TEST_CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TEST_CFLAGS) -o $@ test/runner.cpp $(TEST_LIBS) $(TEST_LDFLAGS)
 test/runner.cpp: $(TESTS)
 	@mkdir -p test
 	$(srcdir)/test/cxxtest/cxxtestgen.py $(TEST_FLAGS) -o $@ $+