diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
index 78ce684cf2..d9b6639e17 100644
--- a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
 
 VPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom
 
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin
+CFLAGS := -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin
 CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)
-CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector,"")
+CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, $(CFLAGS), -fno-stack-protector)
 QEMU_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 
 build-all: multiboot.bin
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 3fdbfd3d42..54ac88ab35 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@echo $2 && $1, @$1))
 # cc-option
 # Usage: CFLAGS+=$(call cc-option, -falign-functions=0, -malign-functions=0)
 
-cc-option = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null \
-              > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi ;)
+cc-option = $(if $(shell $(CC) $1 $2 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null \
+              >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo OK), $2, $3)