diff -Naur icu-54.1/source/config/mh-linux icu-54.1-b/source/config/mh-linux
--- icu-54.1/source/config/mh-linux	2014-10-03 12:11:56.000000000 -0400
+++ icu-54.1-b/source/config/mh-linux	2016-07-15 10:38:12.707509891 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 LD_RPATH_PRE = -Wl,-rpath,
 
 ## These are the library specific LDFLAGS
-LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib
+#LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 # The initial tab in the next line is to prevent icu-config from reading it.