diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52a614ae..1cfb3324 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Build
 - Fixed compiler warning in Clang 13 ([`#2613`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2613))
 - Fixed compiler error in GCC 12 ([`#2616`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2616), [`#2614`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2614))
-- Fixed installation of docs when some are not generated (man, html...) ([`#2612`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2612)
+- Fixed installation of docs when some are not generated (man, html...) ([`#2612`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2612))
+- Fix `LDFLAGS` not being respected ([`#2619`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2619))
 
 ## [3.6.0] - 2022-03-01
 ### Breaking
diff --git a/cmake/cxx.cmake b/cmake/cxx.cmake
index fa6776af..ecc0194f 100644
--- a/cmake/cxx.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cxx.cmake
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ string(REPLACE ";" " " cxx_flags_str "${cxx_flags}")
 string(REPLACE ";" " " cxx_linker_flags_str "${cxx_linker_flags}")
 
 # TODO use target_link_options once min cmake version is >= 3.13
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${cxx_linker_flags_str}")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${cxx_linker_flags_str}")