diff --git a/tools/lto/Makefile b/tools/lto/Makefile
index 3d48abd5d2b..f728cbefec0 100644
--- a/tools/lto/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lto/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 LEVEL = ../..
 LIBRARYNAME = LLVMlto
 
+# Include this here so we can get the configuration of the targets
+# that have been configured for construction. We have to do this 
+# early so we can set up LINK_COMPONENTS before includeing Makefile.rules
+include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
+
 LINK_LIBS_IN_SHARED = 1
 ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
   SHARED_LIBRARY = 1
@@ -19,11 +24,6 @@ else
   BUILD_ARCHIVE = 1
 endif
 
-# Include this here so we can get the configuration of the targets
-# that have been configured for construction. We have to do this 
-# early so we can set up LINK_COMPONENTS before includeing Makefile.rules
-include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
-
 LINK_COMPONENTS := $(TARGETS_TO_BUILD) ipo scalaropts linker bcreader bcwriter
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.common