diff --git a/src/sbbs3/scfg/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/scfg/GNUmakefile
index 30b16fbef007257f909430f01b98e50fae8d64ac..b061ccbe92d5fd817eb6d05b7377da434d2831ec 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/scfg/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/scfg/GNUmakefile
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $(ODIR):
 	mkdir $(ODIR)
 
 $(MAKEHELP): makehelp.c
-	@$(CC) makehelp.c -o $(MAKEHELP)
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) makehelp.c -o $(MAKEHELP)
 
 $(SCFGHELP): $(OBJS) $(MAKEHELP)
 	@$(MAKEHELP) $(ODIR)