diff --git a/sys-boot/gnu-efi/gnu-efi-4.0.4.ebuild b/sys-boot/gnu-efi/gnu-efi-4.0.4.ebuild
index 542f89b36d2a1..c365147f3cd10 100644
--- a/sys-boot/gnu-efi/gnu-efi-4.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/gnu-efi/gnu-efi-4.0.4.ebuild
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ efimake() {
 src_compile() {
 	tc-export BUILD_CC AR AS CC LD OBJCOPY
 
-	if ! use custom-cflags; then
+	if use custom-cflags; then
+		LDFLAGS="$(raw-ldflags)"
+	else
 		unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 	fi