diff --git a/utils/Makefile.am b/utils/Makefile.am
index 373d049..4faddad 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/utils/Makefile.am
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
 	pdftocairo.cc				\
 	$(common)
 
-pdftocairo_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(CAIRO_LIBS) \
-	$(top_builddir)/poppler/libpoppler-cairo.la
+pdftocairo_LDADD =				\
+	$(top_builddir)/poppler/libpoppler-cairo.la \
+	$(LDADD) $(CAIRO_LIBS)
 
 
 pdftocairo_binary = pdftocairo