diff --git a/Data/MySQL/MySQL.make b/Data/MySQL/MySQL.make
index 878c1fbd7..232f15184 100644
--- a/Data/MySQL/MySQL.make
+++ b/Data/MySQL/MySQL.make
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ ifneq (, $(POCO_MYSQL_CONFIG))
 else
   ifndef POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE
     ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /usr/local/include/mysql; echo $$?))
-      POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = -I/usr/local/include
+      POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = /usr/local/include
     else
       ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include/mysql; echo $$?))
-        POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = -I/usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include/mysql
+        POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include/mysql
       else
         ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include; echo $$?))
-          POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = -I/usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include
+          POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/include
         else
           ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/include; echo $$?))
-            POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = -I/opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/include
+            POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE = /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/include
           endif
         endif
       endif
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ else
 
   ifndef POCO_MYSQL_LIB
     ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /usr/local/include/mysql; echo $$?))
-      POCO_MYSQL_LIB = -L/usr/local/lib
+      POCO_MYSQL_LIB = /usr/local/lib
     else
       ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/lib; echo $$?))
-        POCO_MYSQL_LIB = -L/usr/local/opt/mysql-client/lib
+        POCO_MYSQL_LIB = /usr/local/opt/mysql-client/lib
       else
         ifeq (0, $(shell test -d /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/lib; echo $$?))
-          POCO_MYSQL_LIB = -L/opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/lib
+          POCO_MYSQL_LIB = /opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client/lib
         endif
       endif
     endif
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifdef POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE
-  INCLUDE += $(POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE)
+  INCLUDE += -I$(POCO_MYSQL_INCLUDE)
 endif
 ifdef POCO_MYSQL_LIB
-  SYSLIBS += $(POCO_MYSQL_LIB)
+  SYSLIBS += -L$(POCO_MYSQL_LIB)
 endif