diff --git a/auto/cc/acc b/auto/cc/acc
index 6baee67..65bc0c1 100644
--- a/auto/cc/acc
+++ b/auto/cc/acc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # C89 mode
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Ae"
-CC_TEST_FLAGS="-Ae"
+CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CC_TEST_FLAGS -Ae"
 
 PCRE_OPT="$PCRE_OPT -Ae"
 ZLIB_OPT="$ZLIB_OPT -Ae"
diff --git a/auto/cc/clang b/auto/cc/clang
index 25707b4..2b8d346 100644
--- a/auto/cc/clang
+++ b/auto/cc/clang
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 have=NGX_COMPILER value="\"clang $NGX_CLANG_VER\"" . auto/define
 
 
-CC_TEST_FLAGS="-pipe"
+CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CC_TEST_FLAGS -pipe"
 
 
 # optimizations
diff --git a/auto/cc/conf b/auto/cc/conf
index edc6d74..58f54d4 100644
--- a/auto/cc/conf
+++ b/auto/cc/conf
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 ngx_long_regex_cont=$ngx_regex_cont
 ngx_long_cont=$ngx_cont
 
+CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CFLAGS $NGX_CC_OPT"
+
 . auto/cc/name
 
 if test -n "$CFLAGS"; then
 
-    CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CFLAGS $NGX_CC_OPT"
-
     case $NGX_CC_NAME in
 
         ccc)
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@
 
     esac
 
-    CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CC_TEST_FLAGS $NGX_CC_OPT"
-
 fi
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $NGX_CC_OPT"
diff --git a/auto/cc/gcc b/auto/cc/gcc
index c9101fe..63df2f8 100644
--- a/auto/cc/gcc
+++ b/auto/cc/gcc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # Solaris 7's /usr/ccs/bin/as does not support "-pipe"
 
-CC_TEST_FLAGS="-pipe"
+CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CC_TEST_FLAGS -pipe"
 
 ngx_feature="gcc -pipe switch"
 ngx_feature_name=
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 ngx_feature_test=
 . auto/feature
 
-CC_TEST_FLAGS=
-
 if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
     PIPE="-pipe"
+else
+    CC_TEST_FLAGS="$CFLAGS $NGX_CC_OPT"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/auto/include b/auto/include
index e34dabd..6a17191 100644
--- a/auto/include
+++ b/auto/include
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 END
 
 
-ngx_test="$CC -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c"
+ngx_test="$CC $CC_TEST_FLAGS $CC_AUX_FLAGS \
+          -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c $NGX_LD_OPT"
 
 eval "$ngx_test >> $NGX_AUTOCONF_ERR 2>&1"