diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 15a25be7..04ffb244 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ $(VERSION_SCRIPT):
 
 ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 $(LIB_SO): $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A) $(TOPDIR)/dir_build_LIB.done
-	$(LD) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A) -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
+	$(CXX) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A) -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
 		$(filter-out -l$(LIBNAME),$(REAL_LDFLAGS)) -o $@
 else
 $(WINRES_RC): $(WINRES_RC_TMPL)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ $(WINRES_O): $(WINRES_RC)
 	$(WINDRES) $^ -o $@
 
 $(LIB_SO): $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(WINRES_O) $(LIB_A) $(TOPDIR)/dir_build_LIB.done
-	$(LD) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,--out-implib,$(shell echo $(LIB_A) | \
+	$(CXX) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,--out-implib,$(shell echo $(LIB_A) | \
 		$(SED) 's/-static//'),--output-def,$(LIB_DEF) $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A) $(WINRES_O) \
 		-Wl,--no-whole-archive $(filter-out -l$(LIBNAME),$(REAL_LDFLAGS)) -o $@
 $(MSVCPP_IMPLIB): $(LIB_SO)