diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index 7eb236b..af35c7b 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@
 	/// Invokes the underlying linker directly
 	void invokeLinker(in BuildSettings settings, in BuildPlatform platform, string[] objects, void delegate(int, string) output_callback);
 
+	/// Convert linker flags to compiler format
+	string[] lflagsToDFlags(in string[] lflags) const;
+	
 	protected final void invokeTool(string[] args, void delegate(int, string) output_callback)
 	{
 		import std.string;
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index b77bc6e..c3a549f 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.lflags)) {
-			settings.addDFlags(settings.lflags.map!(f => "-L"~f)().array());
+			settings.addDFlags(lflagsToDFlags(settings.lflags));
 			settings.lflags = null;
 		}
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 		args ~= objects;
 		args ~= settings.sourceFiles;
 		version(linux) args ~= "-L--no-as-needed"; // avoids linker errors due to libraries being speficied in the wrong order by DMD
-		args ~= settings.lflags.map!(l => "-L"~l)().array;
+		args ~= lflagsToDFlags(settings.lflags);
 		args ~= settings.dflags.filter!(f => isLinkerDFlag(f)).array;
 
 		auto res_file = getTempFile("dub-build", ".lnk");
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@
 		invokeTool([platform.compilerBinary, "@"~res_file.toNativeString()], output_callback);
 	}
 
+	string[] lflagsToDFlags(in string[] lflags) const
+	{
+		return  lflags.map!(f => "-L"~f)().array();
+	}
+	
 	private auto escapeArgs(in string[] args)
 	{
 		return args.map!(s => s.canFind(' ') ? "\""~s~"\"" : s);
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index 548f28c..a2d889e 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.lflags)) {
-			foreach( f; settings.lflags )
-				settings.addDFlags(["-Xlinker", f]);
+			settings.addDFlags(lflagsToDFlags(settings.lflags));
 			settings.lflags = null;
 		}
 
@@ -210,6 +209,18 @@
 		logDiagnostic("%s", args.join(" "));
 		invokeTool(args, output_callback);
 	}
+
+	string[] lflagsToDFlags(in string[] lflags) const
+	{
+		string[] dflags;
+		foreach( f; lflags )
+		{
+			dflags ~= "-Xlinker";
+			dflags ~= f;
+		}
+
+		return  dflags;
+	}
 }
 
 private string extractTarget(const string[] args) { auto i = args.countUntil("-o"); return i >= 0 ? args[i+1] : null; }
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index 2899d4a..16e0270 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.lflags)) {
-			settings.addDFlags(settings.lflags.map!(s => "-L="~s)().array());
+			settings.addDFlags(lflagsToDFlags(settings.lflags));
 			settings.lflags = null;
 		}
 
@@ -183,4 +183,9 @@
 	{
 		assert(false, "Separate linking not implemented for LDC");
 	}
+
+	string[] lflagsToDFlags(in string[] lflags) const
+	{
+		return  lflags.map!(s => "-L="~s)().array();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index a438953..5e65007 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@
 			compiler.prepareBuildSettings(bs, BuildSetting.all & ~to!BuildSetting(attributeName));
 			
 			if (bs.lflags)
-				values = bs.lflags;
+				values = compiler.lflagsToDFlags( bs.lflags );
 			else if (bs.sourceFiles)
-				values = bs.sourceFiles;
+				values = compiler.lflagsToDFlags( bs.sourceFiles );
 			else
 				values = bs.dflags;
 
diff --git a/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh b/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
index af0681c..64af07d 100755
--- a/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
+++ b/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 echo -n "-L--some-lflag " >> "$expected_file"
 echo -n "-L--another-lflag " >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=libs
-echo -n "-lcrypto " >> "$expected_file"
-echo -n "-lcurl " >> "$expected_file"
+echo -n "-L-lcrypto " >> "$expected_file"
+echo -n "-L-lcurl " >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=linker-files
 echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-3/libdescribe-dependency-3.a' " >> "$expected_file"
 echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-project/some.a' " >> "$expected_file"