diff --git a/srcpkgs/paps/template b/srcpkgs/paps/template
index e59e0c69b5..9ebae44075 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/paps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/paps/template
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'paps'
 pkgname=paps
 version=0.6.8
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="pango-devel freetype-devel"
-# Disable --as-needed.
-make_build_args="LDFLAGS="
 short_desc="UTF-8 to PostScript converter via Pango"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2"
@@ -14,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="http://paps.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=db214c4ea7ecde2f7986b869f6249864d3ff364e6f210c15aa2824bcbd850a20
 
+post_configure() {
+	sed -i 's/_LDFLAGS =/_LDADD +=/' src/Makefile
+}
+
 paps-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" -- development files"