diff --git a/libs/esl/ruby/Makefile b/libs/esl/ruby/Makefile
index 2aba987178..50d1f4c57d 100644
--- a/libs/esl/ruby/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/ruby/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## no idea how to simply ask ruby which one to use
 LOCAL_CFLAGS=-I$(shell ruby -e 'require "rbconfig"; puts RbConfig::CONFIG["topdir"]')
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-lruby
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS=$(shell ruby -e 'require "rbconfig"; puts RbConfig::CONFIG["LIBRUBYARG"]')
 
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