diff --git a/make/host-tools.mk b/make/host-tools.mk
index c5b85a90..71918b85 100644
--- a/make/host-tools.mk
+++ b/make/host-tools.mk
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ HOST_LUAROCKS_BUILDENV = \
 	LUA_PATH="$(HOST_DIR)/share/lua/$(LUA_ABIVER)/?.lua" \
 	TARGET_CC="$(TARGET)-gcc" \
 	TARGET_LD="$(TARGET)-ld" \
-	TARGET_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-	TARGET_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -fPIC" \
+	TARGET_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC" \
+	TARGET_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 	TARGET_DIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
 	TARGET_INCLUDE_DIR="$(TARGET_INCLUDE_DIR)" \
 	TARGET_LIB_DIR="$(TARGET_LIB_DIR)"