diff --git a/make/defs-cpp.mk b/make/defs-cpp.mk
index dcde0982..91dd3655 100644
--- a/make/defs-cpp.mk
+++ b/make/defs-cpp.mk
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ LOCAL_H                     ?= $(wildcard *.h *.H *.hpp)
 SFILES                      ?= $(wildcard *.S *.sx)
 #PREREQ_H                   += $(foreach dir,$(PREREQ_DIR),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.h))
 ALL_H                       += $(LOCAL_H) $(PREREQ_H)
-SRC_ALL_CPP                 += $(LOCAL_C) $(LOCAL_CPP) $(LOCAL_H)
+SRC_ALL_CPP                 += $(filter-out $(SRC_ALL_CPP_IGNORE),$(LOCAL_C) $(LOCAL_CPP) $(LOCAL_H))
 SRC_C                       += $(filter %.c, $(SRC_ALL_CPP))
 SRC_CPP                     += $(filter %.cc %.cpp %.C, $(SRC_ALL_CPP))
 BUILD_OBJ                   += $(addprefix $(FLAVOUR_PREFIX),$(patsubst %.C,%.o,$(patsubst %.cpp,%.o,$(patsubst %.cc,%.o,$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(filter %.c %.cpp %.cc %.C, $(SRC_ALL_CPP)))))))