diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 79b2aa581799810594f8414036e96ce97166e7d3..afca8260136fecc9baabcb94e916e3488810446b 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), mips)
 VL_OBJS+= mips_r4k.o mips_malta.o mips_timer.o mips_int.o dma.o vga.o serial.o i8254.o i8259.o
 VL_OBJS+= ide.o gt64xxx.o pckbd.o ps2.o fdc.o mc146818rtc.o usb-uhci.o acpi.o ds1225y.o
 VL_OBJS+= piix_pci.o parallel.o mixeng.o cirrus_vga.o $(SOUND_HW) $(AUDIODRV)
-DEFINES += -DHAS_AUDIO
+CPPFLAGS += -DHAS_AUDIO
 endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), sparc)
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), sparc64)