diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23571170c7..005ad6bd80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif
 
 OBJ :=
 LIBS :=
-DEF_FLAGS :=
+DEF_FLAGS := -I.
 ASFLAGS :=
 DEFINES := -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRARCH_INTERNAL -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 DEFINES += -DGLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR='"$(GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR)"'
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ ifneq ($(CXX_BUILD), 1)
    CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 endif
 
-DEF_FLAGS += $(INCLUDE_DIRS) -I. -Ideps -Ideps/stb
+DEF_FLAGS += $(INCLUDE_DIRS) -Ideps -Ideps/stb
 
 CFLAGS += $(DEF_FLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS += $(DEF_FLAGS) -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS