--- a/Makefile.conf.in
+++ b/Makefile.conf.in
@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@ initdir = @initdir@
 
 # Location of systemd unit files
 systemddir = @systemddir@
+
+# Use the compiler determined by configure
+CC := @CC@
--- a/Makefile.rules
+++ b/Makefile.rules
@@ -16,44 +16,30 @@ INSTALLROOT = $(DESTDIR)
 AUTOFS_LIB = ../lib/autofs.a
 
 # Compilers, linkers and flags
-# The STRIP defined here *must not* remove any dynamic-loading symbols
-
 ifdef DMALLOCLIB
 DEBUG=1
 endif
 
 ifdef DEBUG
 CFLAGS    ?= -g -Wall -DDEBUG
-LDFLAGS   = -g
-STRIP     = :
 else
-ifdef DONTSTRIP
 CFLAGS    ?= -O2 -g
-LDFLAGS   = -g
-STRIP     = :
-else
-CFLAGS    ?= -O2 -Wall
-LDFLAGS   = -s
-STRIP     = strip --strip-debug
-endif
 endif
+AUTOFS_LDFLAGS = -g
 
-CC        = gcc
-CXX       = g++
 CXXFLAGS  = $(CFLAGS)
 LD        = ld
 SOLDFLAGS = -shared
 
 CFLAGS += -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-LDFLAGS += -lpthread
 
 ifdef TIRPCLIB
 CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/tirpc
-LDFLAGS += $(TIRPCLIB)
+AUTOFS_LDFLAGS += $(TIRPCLIB)
 endif
 
 ifdef DMALLOCLIB
-LDFLAGS += $(DMALLOCLIB)
+AUTOFS_LDFLAGS += $(DMALLOCLIB)
 endif
 
 ifdef SASL
@@ -71,5 +57,4 @@ endif
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -S $<
 
 .c.so:
-	$(CC) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $*.so $< $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(DMALLOCLIB) $(LIBNSL)
-	$(STRIP) $*.so
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $*.so $< $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(DMALLOCLIB) $(LIBNSL)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(hesiod,
 		: Search for Hesiod in normal directory path
 	else
 		: Search for Hesiod in specific directory
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L${withval}/lib"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed -L${withval}/lib"
 		LIBHESIOD="-L${withval}/lib"
 		HESIOD_FLAGS="-I${withval}/include"
 	fi
--- a/daemon/Makefile
+++ b/daemon/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CFLAGS += -DAUTOFS_FIFO_DIR=\"$(autofsfi
 CFLAGS += -DAUTOFS_FLAG_DIR=\"$(autofsflagdir)\"
 CFLAGS += -DVERSION_STRING=\"$(version)\"
 LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
-LIBS = -ldl
+LIBS += -ldl -lpthread
 
 ifeq ($(LDAP), 1)
     CFLAGS += $(XML_FLAGS)
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ endif
 all: automount
 
 automount: $(OBJS) $(AUTOFS_LIB)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(DAEMON_LDFLAGS) -o automount $(OBJS) $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(LIBS)
-	$(STRIP) automount
+	$(CC) $(AUTOFS_LDFLAGS) $(DAEMON_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o automount $(OBJS) $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.s *~ automount
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@ mount_clnt.c: mount.h
 
 mount_clnt.o: mount_clnt.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o mount_clnt.o -c mount_clnt.c
-	$(STRIP) mount_clnt.o
 
 mount_xdr.c: mount.h
 	$(RPCGEN) -c -o mount_xdr.c mount.x
 
 mount_xdr.o: mount_xdr.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wno-unused-variable -o mount_xdr.o -c mount_xdr.c
-	$(STRIP) mount_xdr.o
 
 master_tok.c: master_tok.l
 	$(LEX) -o$@ -Pmaster_ $?
--- a/modules/Makefile
+++ b/modules/Makefile
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ endif
 # Ad hoc compilation rules for modules which need auxilliary libraries
 #
 lookup_hesiod.so: lookup_hesiod.c
-	$(CC) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(HESIOD_FLAGS) -o lookup_hesiod.so \
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(HESIOD_FLAGS) -o lookup_hesiod.so \
 		lookup_hesiod.c $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(LIBHESIOD) $(LIBRESOLV)
-	$(STRIP) lookup_hesiod.so
 
 cyrus-sasl.o: cyrus-sasl.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDAP_FLAGS) -c $<
@@ -98,13 +97,10 @@ cyrus-sasl-extern.o: cyrus-sasl-extern.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDAP_FLAGS) -c $<
 
 lookup_ldap.so: lookup_ldap.c dclist.o base64.o $(SASL_OBJ)
-	$(CC) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDAP_FLAGS) -o lookup_ldap.so \
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDAP_FLAGS) -o lookup_ldap.so \
 		lookup_ldap.c dclist.o base64.o $(SASL_OBJ) \
 		$(AUTOFS_LIB) $(LIBLDAP) $(LIBRESOLV)
-	$(STRIP) lookup_ldap.so
 
 mount_nfs.so: mount_nfs.c replicated.o
-	$(CC) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o mount_nfs.so \
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(SOLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o mount_nfs.so \
 		mount_nfs.c replicated.o $(AUTOFS_LIB) $(LIBNSL)
-	$(STRIP) mount_nfs.so
-