diff --git a/scons/llvm.py b/scons/llvm.py
index 8388d8e9fc2..6282cb5382f 100644
--- a/scons/llvm.py
+++ b/scons/llvm.py
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ def generate(env):
 
             env.ParseConfig('llvm-config --libs ' + ' '.join(components))
             env.ParseConfig('llvm-config --ldflags')
+            if llvm_version >= distutils.version.LooseVersion('3.5'):
+                env.ParseConfig('llvm-config --system-libs')
         except OSError:
             print 'scons: llvm-config version %s failed' % llvm_version
             return