diff --git a/build/make/Makefile b/build/make/Makefile
index 64d3c934b..a951e99bc 100755
--- a/build/make/Makefile
+++ b/build/make/Makefile
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ install::
 $(BUILD_PFX)%.c.d: %.c
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "    [DEP] $@")
 	$(qexec)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(qexec)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M $< | $(fmt_deps) > $@
+	$(qexec)$(CC) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -M $< | $(fmt_deps) > $@
 
 $(BUILD_PFX)%.c.o: %.c
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "    [CC] $@")
-	$(qexec)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(qexec)$(CC) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(BUILD_PFX)%.asm.d: %.asm
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo "    [DEP] $@")
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ define linker_template
 $(1): $(filter-out -%,$(2))
 $(1):
 	$(if $(quiet),@echo    "    [LD] $$@")
-	$(qexec)$$(LD) $$(strip $$(LDFLAGS) -o $$@ $(2) $(3) $$(extralibs))
+	$(qexec)$$(LD) $$(strip $$(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $$(LDFLAGS) -o $$@ $(2) $(3) $$(extralibs))
 endef
 # make-3.80 has a bug with expanding large input strings to the eval function,
 # which was triggered in some cases by the following component of
diff --git a/examples.mk b/examples.mk
index 89c93db62..3e34b5697 100644
--- a/examples.mk
+++ b/examples.mk
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ else
     LIB_PATH := $(call enabled,LIB_PATH)
     INC_PATH := $(call enabled,INC_PATH)
 endif
-CFLAGS += $(addprefix -I,$(INC_PATH))
-LDFLAGS += $(addprefix -L,$(LIB_PATH))
+INTERNAL_CFLAGS = $(addprefix -I,$(INC_PATH))
+INTERNAL_LDFLAGS += $(addprefix -L,$(LIB_PATH))
 
 
 # Expand list of selected examples to build (as specified above)
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ $(1): $($(1:.vcproj=).SRCS)
             --ver=$$(CONFIG_VS_VERSION)\
             --proj-guid=$$($$(@:.vcproj=).GUID)\
             $$(if $$(CONFIG_STATIC_MSVCRT),--static-crt) \
-            --out=$$@ $$(CFLAGS) $$(LDFLAGS) -l$$(CODEC_LIB) -lwinmm $$^
+            --out=$$@ $$(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) \
+            $$(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $$(LDFLAGS) -l$$(CODEC_LIB) -lwinmm $$^
 endef
 PROJECTS-$(CONFIG_MSVS) += $(ALL_EXAMPLES:.c=.vcproj)
 INSTALL-BINS-$(CONFIG_MSVS) += $(foreach p,$(VS_PLATFORMS),\