diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 5a2d1c9578a0..54da4b070db3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ else
 sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
-	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
+	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
 	"$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl