diff --git a/srcpkgs/ttyrec/template b/srcpkgs/ttyrec/template
index 28e3341a501..846a6acaa3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ttyrec/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ttyrec/template
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ license="BSD"
 checksum=ef5e9bf276b65bb831f9c2554cd8784bd5b4ee65353808f82b7e2aef851587ec
 
 do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} CC=$CC CFLAGS="-DHAVE_openpty -lutil $CFLAGS"
+	sed -i 's/\$(CFLAGS)/$(LDFLAGS)/' Makefile
+	make ${makejobs} CC=$CC CFLAGS="-DHAVE_openpty $CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="-lutil $LDFLAGS"
 }
 do_install() {
 	for f in rec play; do