diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index da9cab3c11..fab3edfa7a 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ $(LIBRUBY_EXTS):
 
 $(STATIC_RUBY)$(EXEEXT): $(MAINOBJ) $(DLDOBJS) $(EXTOBJS) $(LIBRUBY_A)
 	$(Q)$(RM) $@
-	$(PURIFY) $(CC) $(MAINOBJ) $(DLDOBJS) $(EXTOBJS) $(LIBRUBY_A) $(MAINLIBS) $(EXTLIBS) $(LIBS) $(OUTFLAG)$@ $(LDFLAGS) $(XLDFLAGS)
+	$(PURIFY) $(CC) $(MAINOBJ) $(DLDOBJS) $(LIBRUBY_A) $(MAINLIBS) $(EXTLIBS) $(LIBS) $(OUTFLAG)$@ $(LDFLAGS) $(XLDFLAGS)
 
 ruby.imp: $(COMMONOBJS)
 	$(Q)$(NM) -Pgp $(COMMONOBJS) | \