1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
index f6ebe30ea..f04f5d5f5 100644
--- a/bin/automake.in
+++ b/bin/automake.in
@@ -6360,8 +6360,12 @@ sub define_per_target_linker_variable
   my ($linker, $target) = @_;
 
   # If the user wrote a custom link command, we don't define ours.
-  return "${target}_LINK"
-    if set_seen "${target}_LINK";
+  my $custom_link = "${target}_LINK";
+  if (set_seen ($custom_link))
+    {
+      my $verbose = $custom_link if var (verbose_var ($custom_link));
+      return ($custom_link, $verbose);
+    }
 
   my $xlink = $linker ? $linker : 'LINK';