diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 0c53c416b71d29cd203f76acf470f191e4faba13..1d8aa0841bfc46eb61e34d3ae97b1511efd5731c 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ EOF
 
     if ! test $ROCKSDB_DISABLE_MEMKIND; then
         # Test whether memkind library is installed
-        $CXX $PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS $COMMON_FLAGS -lmemkind -x c++ - -o test.o 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
+        $CXX $PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS -x c++ - -o test.o -lmemkind 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
           #include <memkind.h>
           int main() {
             memkind_malloc(MEMKIND_DAX_KMEM, 1024);