--- maxima-5.45.1/src/maxima.system.orig	2022-03-07 11:23:14.847637296 -0700
+++ maxima-5.45.1/src/maxima.system	2022-03-07 11:29:22.520003900 -0700
@@ -80,17 +80,13 @@
       (let ((obj (mapcar #'(lambda (p)
 			     ;; Convert dir/foo.fas to dir/foo.o
 			     (make-pathname :type "o" :defaults p))
-			 files)))
-	(c::build-fasl "binary-ecl/maxima" :lisp-files obj
-			  :ld-flags
-			  (let ((x (symbol-value (find-symbol "*AUTOCONF-LD-FLAGS*"
-							      (find-package "MAXIMA")))))
-			    (if (and x (not (string= x ""))) (list x))))
+			 files))
+	    (ldflags (let ((x (symbol-value (find-symbol "*AUTOCONF-LD-FLAGS*"
+							 (find-package "MAXIMA")))))
+		       (if (and x (not (string= x ""))) (c::split-program-options x)))))
+	(c::build-fasl "binary-ecl/maxima" :lisp-files obj :ld-flags ldflags)
 	(c::build-program "binary-ecl/maxima" :lisp-files obj
-			  :ld-flags
-			  (let ((x (symbol-value (find-symbol "*AUTOCONF-LD-FLAGS*"
-							      (find-package "MAXIMA")))))
-			    (if (and x (not (string= x ""))) (list x)))
+			  :ld-flags ldflags
 			  :epilogue-code '(progn (cl-user::run)))))))
 
 (defun maxima-binary-pathname ()