diff --git a/vcs.mk b/vcs.mk
index 9367cca9..daed8af4 100644
--- a/vcs.mk
+++ b/vcs.mk
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ VCS_LDFLAGS =	\
 	-ldramsim \
 	$(EXTRA_SIM_LDFLAGS)
 
+# vcs requires LDFLAGS to not include library names (i.e. -l needs to be separate)
 VCS_CC_OPTS = \
 	-CFLAGS "$(VCS_CXXFLAGS)" \
-	-LDFLAGS "$(VCS_LDFLAGS)"
+	-LDFLAGS "$(filter-out -l%,$(VCS_LDFLAGS))" \
+	$(filter -l%,$(VCS_LDFLAGS))
 
 VCS_NONCC_OPTS = \
 	-notice \
diff --git a/vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins b/vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins
index bd0e5c90..706e3f6e 160000
--- a/vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins
+++ b/vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bd0e5c90126cb517928082517cf9af24ec27bfbb
+Subproject commit 706e3f6e8dbba8f2e36b009daaf6cf9596ab68e9