diff --git a/make b/make
index 9d8bd01af1b9e2d7786d0903444370e4a65a9e0b..1c1a6c1976d94c20ec1644458f2969de52463f95 100755
--- a/make
+++ b/make
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ while($_ = next_make_line())
 	# skip spurious intel compiler messages
 	<MAKE>;<MAKE>;<MAKE>;next;
     }
-    elsif(m!unrecognized option '-Wl,-soname,libbinary_c.so'!)
+    elsif(m!unrecogni[sz]ed option '-Wl,-soname,libbinary_c.so'!)
     {
 	# oops we're using ld as the linker when we should use gcc
 	print "\n\n$magenta Linking error $_ $reset\n\nTo fix this, try\n\nexport LD=gcc\n\nor\n\nexport LD=/usr/bin/gcc\n\nto use the compiler as a linker, then retry the build.\n\n\n";