diff -ru open-vm-tools-10.1.0/open-vm-tools/vgauth/service/Makefile.in open-vm-tools-10.1.0-mod/open-vm-tools/vgauth/service/Makefile.in
--- open-vm-tools-10.1.0/open-vm-tools/vgauth/service/Makefile.in	2016-09-29 03:21:26.000000000 -0700
+++ open-vm-tools-10.1.0-mod/open-vm-tools/vgauth/service/Makefile.in	2016-11-18 17:30:36.047647904 -0800
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/vgauth/serviceImpl
 VGAuthService_LDADD = @GLIB2_LIBS@ @GTHREAD_LIBS@ $(am__append_5) \
 	$(am__append_6) @SSL_LIBS@ -lssl -lcrypto $(am__append_7)
-@HAVE_ICU_FALSE@VGAuthService_LINK = $(LINK)
+@HAVE_ICU_FALSE@VGAuthService_LINK = $(CXXLINK)
 @HAVE_ICU_TRUE@VGAuthService_LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --tag=CXX $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS)     \
 @HAVE_ICU_TRUE@                            $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=link $(CXX)       \
 @HAVE_ICU_TRUE@                            $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) \