diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe7bf11..399c5a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -263,8 +263,9 @@ HOSTCXXFLAGS = -O2
 # Some Linux distributions (including RHEL7, SLES13, Debian 8) still
 # have older compilers as their default, so we make it explicit for
 # these that our host tools are GNU11 (i.e. C11 w/ GNU extensions).
+CSTD_FLAG := -std=gnu11
 ifeq ($(HOSTOS),linux)
-HOSTCFLAGS += --std=gnu11
+HOSTCFLAGS += $(CSTD_FLAG)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HOSTOS),cygwin)
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -D__UBOOT__
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
-		   -fno-builtin -ffreestanding
+		   -fno-builtin -ffreestanding $(CSTD_FLAG)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fshort-wchar
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__