diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
index 4438ea8330..538be56b93 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ do_compile() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	oe_runmake install INSTALLROOT="${D}" firmware="bios"
+	oe_runmake CC="${CC} ${CFLAGS}" install INSTALLROOT="${D}" firmware="bios"
 
 	install -d ${D}${datadir}/syslinux/
 	install -m 644 ${S}/bios/core/ldlinux.sys ${D}${datadir}/syslinux/