diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ebba21a..bb019a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ lib/$(LIB.STATIC.MX): $(LIB.OBJS.MX)
 	$(AR) cr $@ $^
 
 lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX): $(LIB.SOBJS.MX)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS.SO) -o $@ $^ $(LIB.LDFLAGS) $(LIB.LIBS)
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS.SO.MX) -o $@ $^ $(LIB.LDFLAGS) $(LIB.LIBS)
 ifeq ($(filter-out mingw% cygwin,$(SYSTEM)),)
 else
 	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED.MX) lib/$(LIB.SONAME.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.cygming b/config/Makefile.cygming
index df25279..6147717 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.cygming
+++ b/config/Makefile.cygming
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CC = gcc -mno-cygwin
 # use gcc for linking, with ld it does not work
 LD = gcc -mno-cygwin
 CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L$(LIBDIR)
 WARN = -Wall -W
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a   # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME.MX) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.cygwin b/config/Makefile.cygwin
index 4a63891..068bc09 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.cygwin
+++ b/config/Makefile.cygwin
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ GLEW_DEST ?= /usr/X11R6
 CC = cc
 # use gcc for linking, with ld it does not work
 LD = cc
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
@@ -16,7 +15,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = cyg$(NAME)-$(SO_MAJOR).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a
 LIB.SHARED    = cyg$(NAME)-$(SO_MAJOR).dll
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = cyg$(NAME)mx-$(SO_MAJOR).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a
 LIB.SHARED.MX = cyg$(NAME)mx-$(SO_MAJOR).dll
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.darwin b/config/Makefile.darwin
index 69a474f..bdb0b49 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.darwin
+++ b/config/Makefile.darwin
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CC = cc
 LD = cc
 CFLAGS.EXTRA = -no-cpp-precomp -dynamic -fno-common
 PICFLAG = -fPIC
-LDFLAGS.SO = -dynamiclib -install_name $(GLEW_DEST)/lib/$(LIB.SHARED)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA =
 ifneq (undefined, $(origin GLEW_APPLE_GLX))
 CFLAGS.EXTRA += -I/usr/X11R6/include -D'GLEW_APPLE_GLX'
@@ -20,8 +19,10 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).$(SO_MAJOR).dylib
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dylib
 LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).$(SO_VERSION).dylib
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -dynamiclib -install_name $(GLEW_DEST)/lib/$(LIB.SHARED)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.$(SO_MAJOR).dylib
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dylib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.$(SO_VERSION).dylib
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -dynamiclib -install_name $(GLEW_DEST)/lib/$(LIB.SHARED.MX)
 SHARED_OBJ_EXT = pic_o
diff --git a/config/Makefile.freebsd b/config/Makefile.freebsd
index fe0c324..aa3a97d 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.freebsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.freebsd
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = ld
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
 LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
@@ -15,7 +14,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).so
 LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.gnu b/config/Makefile.gnu
index ac96c1d..01bed30 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.gnu
+++ b/config/Makefile.gnu
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = cc
 PICFLAG = -fPIC
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
 LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
@@ -15,8 +14,10 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).so
 LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME.MX)
 SHARED_OBJ_EXT = pic_o
diff --git a/config/Makefile.irix b/config/Makefile.irix
index 0125caf..c165961 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.irix
+++ b/config/Makefile.irix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ LD = ld
 ABI = -64# -n32
 CC += $(ABI)
 LD += $(ABI)
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA =
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
 NAME = GLEW
@@ -15,7 +14,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).so
 LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.kfreebsd b/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
index e816776..6dc7030 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
+++ b/config/Makefile.kfreebsd
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = cc
 PICFLAG = -fPIC
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
 LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
@@ -15,8 +14,10 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).so
 LIB.SHARED    = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname $(LIB.SONAME)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX)
 SHARED_OBJ_EXT = pic_o
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux b/config/Makefile.linux
index b33c350..79eb308 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
 CC = cc
 LD = cc
 PICFLAG = -fPIC
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME)
 M_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 ifeq (x86_64,${M_ARCH})
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64
@@ -22,8 +21,10 @@ LIB.SONAME = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK = lib$(NAME).so
 LIB.SHARED = lib$(NAME).so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC = lib$(NAME).a
+LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so
 LIB.SHARED.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.so.$(SO_VERSION)
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME.MX)
 SHARED_OBJ_EXT = pic_o
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
index 6fcec42..ead1ff4 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ NAME = glew32
 CC = i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
 LD = i586-mingw32msvc-ld
 CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a    # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a  # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
index 028b1d0..f32a882 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ NAME = glew32
 CC = amd64-mingw32msvc-gcc
 LD = amd64-mingw32msvc-ld
 CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a    # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a  # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.mingw b/config/Makefile.mingw
index 6c06019..1fbf3f6 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/config/Makefile.mingw
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ CC = gcc
 # use gcc for linking, with ld it does not work
 LD = gcc
 CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
-#LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
-LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/mingw/lib
 WARN = -Wall -W
@@ -14,7 +12,9 @@ LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a   # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME.MX) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)