diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 71e6dcd..c66179f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ NDHC_OBJS = $(NDHC_SRCS:.c=.o)
 NDHC_DEP = $(NDHC_SRCS:.c=.d)
 INCL = -I.
 
-CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS = -MMD -O2 -s -std=gnu99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wimplicit-fallthrough=0 -Wformat=2 -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunused-const-variable=0 -Wcast-qual -Wsign-conversion -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNK_USE_CAPABILITY -Wno-discarded-qualifiers
-
--include $(NDHC_DEP)
+CPPFLAGS += $(INCL)
 
 all: ragel ndhc
 
+ndhc: $(NDHC_OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCL) -o $@ $^
+
+-include $(NDHC_DEP)
+
 clean:
 	rm -f $(NDHC_OBJS) $(NDHC_DEP) ndhc
 
@@ -24,11 +27,5 @@ cfg.c:
 
 ragel: ifchd-parse.c cfg.c
 
-%.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCL) -c -o $@ $^
-
-ndhc: $(NDHC_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCL) -o $@ $^
-
 .PHONY: all clean cleanragel