diff --git a/Makefile.simple b/Makefile.simple
index 9092040a..ea9bfa2f 100644
--- a/Makefile.simple
+++ b/Makefile.simple
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ifeq (${OS},mingw)
   LDFLAGS_GL := -lopengl32
   LDFLAGS_GLEW := -lglew32
   LDFLAGS_PNG := -lpng
-  LDFLAGS_SDL := -lSDL -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_ttf -lz -lphtread
+  LDFLAGS_SDL := -lSDL -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_ttf -lpthread -lz
   OBJ_EXTENSION := .o
   hyper_RES := hyper.res
   ifeq (${HYPERROGUE_USE_GLEW},)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ifeq (${OS},osx)
   LDFLAGS_GL := -framework AppKit -framework OpenGL
   LDFLAGS_GLEW := -lGLEW
   LDFLAGS_PNG := -lpng
-  LDFLAGS_SDL := -lSDL -lSDLMain -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_ttf -lz -lpthread
+  LDFLAGS_SDL := -lSDL -lSDLMain -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_ttf -lpthread -lz
   OBJ_EXTENSION := .o
   hyper_RES :=
 endif