diff --git a/nq/source/Makefile.am b/nq/source/Makefile.am
index 3a3f40184..5eb99a50e 100644
--- a/nq/source/Makefile.am
+++ b/nq/source/Makefile.am
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ qf_client_LIBS= $(top_builddir)/libs/video/targets/libQFjs.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/libs/audio/libQFsound.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/libs/util/libQFutil.la
 
-client_LIBS=	-L. -lqfnet $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS)
+client_LIBS=	-L. libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS)
 client_LIB_DEPS=	libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS)
 
 client_SOURCES=	cl_cam.c cl_cmd.c cl_demo.c cl_input.c cl_main.c cl_screen.c \
diff --git a/qw/source/Makefile.am b/qw/source/Makefile.am
index 61354f78c..135040f1b 100644
--- a/qw/source/Makefile.am
+++ b/qw/source/Makefile.am
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ qf_server_LIBS= $(top_builddir)/libs/models/libQFmodels.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/libs/util/libQFutil.la
 
 qw_server_SOURCES=	$(common_SOURCES) $(server_SOURCES)
-qw_server_LDADD=	-L. -lqfnet $(ASM) $(qf_server_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS) $(DL_LIBS)
+qw_server_LDADD=	-L. libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_server_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS) $(DL_LIBS)
 qw_server_DEPENDENCIES=	libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_server_LIBS)
 
 # Client builds
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ qf_client_LIBS=	$(top_builddir)/libs/video/targets/libQFjs.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/libs/audio/libQFsound.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/libs/util/libQFutil.la
 
-client_LIBS= -L. -lqfnet $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS)
+client_LIBS= -L. libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS) $(NET_LIBS)
 client_LIB_DEPS=	libqfnet.la $(ASM) $(qf_client_LIBS)
 # libQFjs is seperate because it needs to be linked after when building statically