diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
index 425ab2b786..985220fee8 100644
--- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
+++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ sub vms_info {
         cflags           => add("-mabi=ilp32"),
         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT RC4_CHAR",
         perlasm_scheme   => "linux64",
-        shared_ldflag    => "-mabi=ilp32",
+        shared_ldflag    => add("-mabi=ilp32"),
     },
 
     "linux-mips32" => {
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ sub vms_info {
         cflags           => add("-mx32 -DL_ENDIAN"),
         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT",
         perlasm_scheme   => "elf32",
-        shared_ldflag    => "-mx32",
+        shared_ldflag    => add("-mx32"),
         multilib         => "x32",
     },