diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index 819e7f5..e8c3b7e 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 $(call debug_shell, $(CC) -c -Wall -Werror $2 $1 -o /dev/null && echo yes || echo no)
 endef
 
+define c_link_test # $1: file to compile and link, $2: cflags, $3: ldflags
+$(call debug_shell, $(CC) -Wall -Werror $2 $1 $3 -o /dev/null && echo yes || echo no)
+endef
+
 define find_dependency
 $(call debug_shell, $(if $(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR),PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR),) $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists $1 && echo yes || echo no)
 endef