diff -r cb9a3985df00 Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	Thu May 08 17:43:25 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	Fri May 09 11:09:42 2014 +0200
@@ -527,8 +527,19 @@
         # that go into the mix.
         if ext.extra_objects:
             objects.extend(ext.extra_objects)
+
+        # Two possible sources for extra linker arguments:
+        #   - 'extra_link_args' in Extension object
+        #   - LDFLAGS environment variable
+        # The environment variable should take precedence, and
+        # any sensible compiler will give precedence to later
+        # command line args.  Hence we combine them in order:
         extra_args = ext.extra_link_args or []
 
+ #        if os.environ.get('LDFLAGS'):
+ #           extra_args = list(extra_args)
+ #           extra_args.extend(string.split(os.environ['LDFLAGS']))
+
         # Detect target language, if not provided
         language = ext.language or self.compiler.detect_language(sources)