diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 1fa22fda..451c6f0e 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ LDFLAGS  += -L/usr/X11/lib -lXext -lX11
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(GCC_MAJOR),2)
-LPPFLAGS  += -lstdc++ -lm
-DEPEND_CPPFLAGS  += -I/usr/include/g++ -I/usr/local/include
+LPPFLAGS             += -lstdc++ -lm
+CFLAGS               += -I/usr/local/include
+CPPFLAGS             += -I/usr/local/include
+DEPEND_CPPFLAGS      += -I/usr/include/g++ -I/usr/local/include
 else
 LPPFLAGS  += -L/usr/local/gcc3.3/lib -lstdc++ -lgcc_s
 DEPEND_CPPFLAGS  += -I/usr/local/gcc3.3/include/c++/3.3 -I/usr/local/gcc3.3/include/c++/3.3/i686-pc-linux-gnu -I/usr/local/include