diff --git a/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.2.4-LDFLAGS.patch b/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.2.4-LDFLAGS.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.2.4-LDFLAGS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Author: Nathan Phillip Brink <binki@ohnopub.net>
+Purpose: To make sure that LDFLAGS are actually used in the correct places in atheme. Adds LDFLAGS to buildsys.module.mk, somewhat similar to the ``${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST}:'' rule for shared objects in buildsys.mk.in. Also fixes a loss of LDFLAGS in configure.ac if the platform is ``Tru64''.
+
+diff -r 40ec7097b8e3 buildsys.module.mk
+--- a/buildsys.module.mk	Tue Jun 29 01:36:51 2010 -0500
++++ b/buildsys.module.mk	Tue Aug 31 22:03:14 2010 -0400
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ 
+ .c$(PLUGIN_SUFFIX):
+ 	${COMPILE_STATUS}
+-	if ${CC} ${PLUGIN_CFLAGS} ${PLUGIN_LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${LIBS} -o $@ $<; then \
++	if ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${PLUGIN_CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${PLUGIN_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ $< ${LIBS}; then \
+ 		${COMPILE_OK}; \
+ 	else \
+ 		${COMPILE_FAILED}; \
+diff -r 40ec7097b8e3 configure.ac
+--- a/configure.ac	Tue Jun 29 01:36:51 2010 -0500
++++ b/configure.ac	Tue Aug 31 22:03:14 2010 -0400
+@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
+ 	if test "$Tru" = yes -a "$CC" != gcc; then
+ 		AC_MSG_RESULT([Tru64: -shared -expect_unresolved '*'])
+ 		PICFLAGS="-shared -expect_unresolved '*' "
+-		LDFLAGS="-call_shared"
++		LDFLAGS="${hold_ldflags} -call_shared"
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	if test "$CC" = tcc -a "$TenDRA" = no; then