diff --git a/variants/gpl-4.2.sh b/variants/gpl-4.2.sh
index 3fea1ec..6fc798d 100644
--- a/variants/gpl-4.2.sh
+++ b/variants/gpl-4.2.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FF_CONFIGURE="--enable-gpl --enable-version3"
 FF_CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 FF_CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
+FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mconsole"
 GIT_BRANCH="release/4.2"
diff --git a/variants/gpl.sh b/variants/gpl.sh
index 4d34740..ca7e934 100644
--- a/variants/gpl.sh
+++ b/variants/gpl.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FF_CONFIGURE="--enable-gpl --enable-version3"
 FF_CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 FF_CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
+FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mconsole"
 GIT_BRANCH="master"
diff --git a/variants/lgpl-4.2.sh b/variants/lgpl-4.2.sh
index ba8600e..e2eccf7 100644
--- a/variants/lgpl-4.2.sh
+++ b/variants/lgpl-4.2.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FF_CONFIGURE="--enable-version3"
 FF_CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 FF_CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
+FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mconsole"
 GIT_BRANCH="release/4.2"
diff --git a/variants/lgpl.sh b/variants/lgpl.sh
index 89fe7ef..3b5c4f4 100644
--- a/variants/lgpl.sh
+++ b/variants/lgpl.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FF_CONFIGURE="--enable-version3"
 FF_CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 FF_CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
+FF_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mconsole"
 GIT_BRANCH="master"