diff --git a/config/Rules.am b/config/Rules.am
index bd4f0ea60e..e3fa5b5a40 100644
--- a/config/Rules.am
+++ b/config/Rules.am
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -include ${top_builddir}/zfs_config.h
 AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --silent
 AM_CFLAGS  = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 AM_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing ${NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE} ${DEBUG_CFLAGS}
-AM_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__EXTENSIONS__ -D_REENTRANT
-AM_CFLAGS += -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-AM_CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -DTEXT_DOMAIN=\"zfs-linux-user\"
+AM_CPPFLAGS  = -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__EXTENSIONS__ -D_REENTRANT
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -DTEXT_DOMAIN=\"zfs-linux-user\"