diff --git a/hack/libsubid_tag.sh b/hack/libsubid_tag.sh
index 31412b3e64..137826484f 100755
--- a/hack/libsubid_tag.sh
+++ b/hack/libsubid_tag.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ fi
 tmpdir="$PWD/tmp.$RANDOM"
 mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
 trap 'rm -fr "$tmpdir"' EXIT
-cc -o "$tmpdir"/libsubid_tag -l subid -x c - > /dev/null 2> /dev/null << EOF
+cc -o "$tmpdir"/libsubid_tag -x c - -l subid > /dev/null 2> /dev/null << EOF
 #include <shadow/subid.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>