diff --git a/local/make.inc b/local/make.inc
index 5dd59b655fd3e1b68c8c90c45d4c52ae4e9fa508..bde9520a7be0e45e80ead925a07906a638f16ad2 100644
--- a/local/make.inc
+++ b/local/make.inc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OPTLEVEL = O
 
 F90FLAGS =
 CFLAGS =
+LDFLAGS = -ld_classic
 
 ifeq ($(OPTLEVEL), O) #optimized
      ifeq ($(COMPTYPE), i) #intel