Index: head/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
===================================================================
--- head/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
+++ head/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@
 SYSTEM_OBJS+= embedfs_${MFS_IMAGE:T:R}.o
 .endif
 .endif
-SYSTEM_LD= @${LD} -m ${LD_EMULATION} -Bdynamic -T ${LDSCRIPT} ${_LDFLAGS} \
+SYSTEM_LD_BASECMD= \
+	${LD} -m ${LD_EMULATION} -Bdynamic -T ${LDSCRIPT} ${_LDFLAGS} \
 	--no-warn-mismatch --warn-common --export-dynamic \
-	--dynamic-linker /red/herring \
-	-o ${.TARGET} -X ${SYSTEM_OBJS} vers.o
+	--dynamic-linker /red/herring -X
+SYSTEM_LD= @${SYSTEM_LD_BASECMD} -o ${.TARGET} ${SYSTEM_OBJS} vers.o
 SYSTEM_LD_TAIL= @${OBJCOPY} --strip-symbol gcc2_compiled. ${.TARGET} ; \
 	${SIZE} ${.TARGET} ; chmod 755 ${.TARGET}
 SYSTEM_DEP+= ${LDSCRIPT}