diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index 6587175f74129f9cce84aa7565c0f7f3610a7479..79fab44868c9113035ed0d2782eeb3027d7af256 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ifdef USE_DOSEMU
 endif
 
 ifdef DONT_BLAME_SYNCHRONET
- LDFLAGS += -DDONT_BLAME_SYNCHRONET
+ CFLAGS += -DDONT_BLAME_SYNCHRONET
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(XP_SEM),1)