diff --git a/capture/build/unix/build.mk b/capture/build/unix/build.mk
index 5378e008..f7f65e8c 100644
--- a/capture/build/unix/build.mk
+++ b/capture/build/unix/build.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+include ../../../common/unix.mk
+
 CFLAGS +=
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu++17
 DEFINES += -DTRACY_NO_STATISTICS
 INCLUDES := $(shell pkg-config --cflags capstone)
-LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
 PROJECT := capture
 IMAGE := $(PROJECT)-$(BUILD)
 
@@ -14,11 +16,6 @@ BASE2 := $(shell egrep 'ClCompile.*c"' ../win32/$(PROJECT).vcxproj | sed -e 's/.
 SRC := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE))
 SRC2 := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE2))
 
-TBB := $(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?)
-ifeq ($(TBB),0)
-	LIBS += -ltbb
-endif
-
 OBJDIRBASE := obj/$(BUILD)
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIRBASE)/o/o/o
 
diff --git a/common/unix.mk b/common/unix.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc0db5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/unix.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Common code needed by most Tracy Unix Makefiles.
+
+# Ensure LIBS is a simply-substituted variable, without changing its value.
+LIBS := $(LIBS)
+
+# Tracy does not use TBB directly, but the implementation of parallel algorithms
+# in some versions of libstdc++ depends on TBB. When it does, you must
+# explicitly link against -ltbb.
+#
+# Some distributions have pgk-config files for TBB, others don't.
+ifeq (0,$(shell pkg-config --libs tbb >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?))
+	LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs tbb)
+else ifeq (0,$(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?))
+	LIBS += -ltbb
+endif
+
diff --git a/csvexport/build/unix/build.mk b/csvexport/build/unix/build.mk
index a7a67460..364b7c91 100644
--- a/csvexport/build/unix/build.mk
+++ b/csvexport/build/unix/build.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+include ../../../common/unix.mk
+
 CFLAGS +=
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu++17
 # DEFINES += -DTRACY_NO_STATISTICS
 INCLUDES := $(shell pkg-config --cflags capstone)
-LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
 PROJECT := csvexport
 IMAGE := $(PROJECT)-$(BUILD)
 
@@ -14,11 +16,6 @@ BASE2 := $(shell egrep 'ClCompile.*c"' ../win32/$(PROJECT).vcxproj | sed -e 's/.
 SRC := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE))
 SRC2 := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE2))
 
-TBB := $(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?)
-ifeq ($(TBB),0)
-	LIBS += -ltbb
-endif
-
 OBJDIRBASE := obj/$(BUILD)
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIRBASE)/o/o/o
 
diff --git a/import-chrome/build/unix/build.mk b/import-chrome/build/unix/build.mk
index fcd1f6b0..f540e858 100644
--- a/import-chrome/build/unix/build.mk
+++ b/import-chrome/build/unix/build.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+include ../../../common/unix.mk
+
 CFLAGS +=
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu++17
 DEFINES += -DTRACY_NO_STATISTICS
 INCLUDES := $(shell pkg-config --cflags capstone)
-LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
 PROJECT := import-chrome
 IMAGE := $(PROJECT)-$(BUILD)
 
@@ -14,11 +16,6 @@ BASE2 := $(shell egrep 'ClCompile.*c"' ../win32/$(PROJECT).vcxproj | sed -e 's/.
 SRC := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE))
 SRC2 := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE2))
 
-TBB := $(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?)
-ifeq ($(TBB),0)
-	LIBS += -ltbb
-endif
-
 OBJDIRBASE := obj/$(BUILD)
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIRBASE)/o/o/o
 
diff --git a/profiler/build/unix/build.mk b/profiler/build/unix/build.mk
index 101141f6..c9e4e367 100644
--- a/profiler/build/unix/build.mk
+++ b/profiler/build/unix/build.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-CFLAGS += 
+include ../../../common/unix.mk
+
+CFLAGS +=
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -std=c++17
 DEFINES += -DIMGUI_IMPL_OPENGL_LOADER_GL3W
 INCLUDES := $(shell pkg-config --cflags glfw3 freetype2 capstone) -I../../../imgui -I../../libs/gl3w
-LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs glfw3 freetype2 capstone) -lpthread -ldl
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs glfw3 freetype2 capstone) -lpthread -ldl
 PROJECT := Tracy
 IMAGE := $(PROJECT)-$(BUILD)
 
@@ -25,11 +27,6 @@ else
 	LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0) -lGL
 endif
 
-TBB := $(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?)
-ifeq ($(TBB),0)
-	LIBS += -ltbb
-endif
-
 OBJDIRBASE := obj/$(BUILD)
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIRBASE)/o/o/o
 
diff --git a/update/build/unix/build.mk b/update/build/unix/build.mk
index 371f1f1d..df07d64c 100644
--- a/update/build/unix/build.mk
+++ b/update/build/unix/build.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+include ../../../common/unix.mk
+
 CFLAGS +=
 CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu++17
 DEFINES += -DTRACY_NO_STATISTICS
 INCLUDES := $(shell pkg-config --cflags capstone)
-LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs capstone) -lpthread
 PROJECT := update
 IMAGE := $(PROJECT)-$(BUILD)
 
@@ -14,11 +16,6 @@ BASE2 := $(shell egrep 'ClCompile.*c"' ../win32/$(PROJECT).vcxproj | sed -e 's/.
 SRC := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE))
 SRC2 := $(filter-out $(FILTER),$(BASE2))
 
-TBB := $(shell ld -ltbb -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?)
-ifeq ($(TBB),0)
-	LIBS += -ltbb
-endif
-
 OBJDIRBASE := obj/$(BUILD)
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIRBASE)/o/o/o