diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3cfa7d0f75..c06bfaba20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -146,10 +146,11 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/pixman/configure:
 	(cd $(SRC_PATH)/pixman; autoreconf -v --install)
 
 DTC_MAKE_ARGS=-I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc VPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -C dtc V="$(V)" LIBFDT_srcdir=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
-DTC_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) -I$(BUILD_DIR)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
+DTC_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS)
+DTC_CPPFLAGS=-I$(BUILD_DIR)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
 
 subdir-dtc:dtc/libfdt dtc/tests
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) CFLAGS="$(DTC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) libfdt/libfdt.a,)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) CPPFLAGS="$(DTC_CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(DTC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) libfdt/libfdt.a,)
 
 dtc/%:
 	mkdir -p $@