diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3f3104..17bce6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ $(LLVM_PROGS): LD := g++
 LLVM_LDFLAGS := $(shell llvm-config --ldflags)
 LLVM_CFLAGS := $(shell llvm-config --cflags | sed -e "s/-DNDEBUG//g")
 LLVM_LIBS := $(shell llvm-config --libs)
+LLVM_LIBS += $(shell llvm-config --system-libs 2>/dev/null)
 PROGRAMS += $(LLVM_PROGS)
 INST_PROGRAMS += sparse-llvm sparsec
 sparse-llvm.o: BASIC_CFLAGS += $(LLVM_CFLAGS)