diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index 09de7e3..142aa6e 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 import dub.compilers.dmd;
 import dub.compilers.gdc;
 import dub.compilers.ldc;
+import dub.internal.std.process;
+import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.data.json;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.path;
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.array;
+import std.conv;
 import std.exception;
 
 
@@ -47,8 +50,6 @@
 
 void warnOnSpecialCompilerFlags(string[] compiler_flags, string package_name, string config_name)
 {
-	import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
-	
 	struct SpecialFlag {
 		string[] flags;
 		string alternative;
@@ -102,6 +103,32 @@
 }
 
 
+/**
+	Replaces each referenced import library by the appropriate linker flags.
+
+	This function tries to invoke "pkg-config" if possible and falls back to
+	direct flag translation if that fails.
+*/
+void resolveLibs(ref BuildSettings settings)
+{
+	try {
+		logDebug("Trying to use pkg-config to resolve library flags for %s.", settings.libs);
+		auto libflags = execute(["pkg-config", "--libs"] ~ settings.libs.map!(l => "lib"~l)().array());
+		enforce(libflags.status == 0, "pkg-config exited with error code "~to!string(libflags.status));
+		foreach (f; libflags.output.split()) {
+			if (f.startsWith("-Wl,")) settings.addLFlags(f[4 .. $].split(","));
+			else settings.addLFlags(f);
+		}
+	} catch( Exception e ){
+		logDebug("pkg-config failed: %s", e.msg);
+		logDebug("Falling back to direct -lxyz flags.");
+		version(Windows) settings.addSourceFiles(settings.libs.map!(l => l~".lib")().array());
+		else settings.addLFlags(settings.libs.map!(l => "-l"~l)().array());
+	}
+	settings.libs = null;
+}
+
+
 interface Compiler {
 	@property string name() const;
 
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index fad3269..9e20622 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -47,20 +47,8 @@
 
 	void prepareBuildSettings(ref BuildSettings settings, BuildSetting fields = BuildSetting.all)
 	{
-		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.libs) ){
-			try {
-				logDebug("Trying to use pkg-config to resolve library flags for %s.", settings.libs);
-				auto libflags = execute(["pkg-config", "--libs"] ~ settings.libs.map!(l => "lib"~l)().array());
-				enforce(libflags.status == 0, "pkg-config exited with error code "~to!string(libflags.status));
-				settings.addLFlags(libflags.output.split());
-			} catch( Exception e ){
-				logDebug("pkg-config failed: %s", e.msg);
-				logDebug("Falling back to direct -lxyz flags.");
-				version(Windows) settings.addSourceFiles(settings.libs.map!(l => l~".lib")().array());
-				else settings.addLFlags(settings.libs.map!(l => "-l"~l)().array());
-			}
-			settings.libs = null;
-		}
+		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.libs) )
+			resolveLibs(settings);
 
 		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.versions) ){
 			settings.addDFlags(settings.versions.map!(s => "-version="~s)().array());
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index 56e675e..3aa0878 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -88,19 +88,8 @@
 		}
 		settings.dflags = newdflags;
 	
-		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.libs) ){
-			try {
-				logDebug("Trying to use pkg-config to resolve library flags for %s.", settings.libs);
-				auto libflags = execute(["pkg-config", "--libs"] ~ settings.libs.map!(l => "lib"~l)().array());
-				enforce(libflags.status == 0, "pkg-config exited with error code "~to!string(libflags.status));
-				settings.addLFlags(libflags.output.split());
-			} catch( Exception e ){
-				logDebug("pkg-config failed: %s", e.msg);
-				logDebug("Falling back to direct -lxyz flags.");
-				settings.addLFlags(settings.libs.map!(l => "-l"~l)().array());
-			}
-			settings.libs = null;
-		}
+		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.libs))
+			resolveLibs(settings);
 
 		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.versions) ){
 			settings.addDFlags(settings.versions.map!(s => "-fversion="~s)().array());
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index 83ea5fd..979d639 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -45,19 +45,8 @@
 		}
 		settings.dflags = newdflags;
 	
-		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.libs) ){
-			try {
-				logDebug("Trying to use pkg-config to resolve library flags for %s.", settings.libs);
-				auto libflags = execute(["pkg-config", "--libs"] ~ settings.libs.map!(l => "lib"~l)().array());
-				enforce(libflags.status == 0, "pkg-config exited with error code "~to!string(libflags.status));
-				settings.addLFlags(libflags.output.split());
-			} catch( Exception e ){
-				logDebug("pkg-config failed: %s", e.msg);
-				logDebug("Falling back to direct -lxyz flags.");
-				settings.addLFlags(settings.libs.map!(l => "-l"~l)().array());
-			}
-			settings.libs = null;
-		}
+		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.libs))
+			resolveLibs(settings);
 
 		if( !(fields & BuildSetting.versions) ){
 			settings.addDFlags(settings.versions.map!(s => "-d-version="~s)().array());