diff --git a/platform-independent/cli-c/build b/platform-independent/cli-c/build
index cd2110ea..6d1364ea 100755
--- a/platform-independent/cli-c/build
+++ b/platform-independent/cli-c/build
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ use() {
 
     if (( enabled )); then
         if haslib "$lib"; then
-            echo >&2 "INFO:     Enabled $option (lib$lib)."
             for lib in "$lib" "$@"; do
-                ldflags+=( -l"$lib" )
+                haslib "$lib" && ldflags+=( -l"$lib" )
             done
+            echo >&2 "INFO:     Enabled $option (lib$lib)."
             return 0
 
         elif [[ $requisite == required ]]; then