diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0887945ffa6977e49214f89be93fff4da1cd6048..55a84d478ef1300a2848cae146b38ba85bde35c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ PYTHON_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH))
 GIT_PYTHON_DIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(GIT_PYTHON_DIR))
 
 ALL_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_HEADER='$(SHA1_HEADER_SQ)' $(COMPAT_CFLAGS)
-ALL_CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='"$(template_dir_SQ)"'
 LIB_OBJS += $(COMPAT_OBJS)
 export prefix TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH template_dir
 ### Build rules
@@ -548,6 +547,8 @@ git$X git.spec \
 
 exec_cmd.o: exec_cmd.c GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) '-DGIT_EXEC_PATH="$(gitexecdir_SQ)"' $<
+builtin-init-db.o: builtin-init-db.c GIT-CFLAGS
+	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DDEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='"$(template_dir_SQ)"' $<
 
 http.o: http.c GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"' $<