diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 9f77eda914ba..609692f9d5eb 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 target = $(target_compressed_dir)
 src    = $(src_compressed_dir)
 
-CC = gcc-cris -mlinux -march=v32 -I $(TOPDIR)/include
+CC = gcc-cris -mlinux -march=v32 $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 CFLAGS = -O2
 LD = gcc-cris -mlinux -march=v32 -nostdlib
 OBJCOPY = objcopy-cris