diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index fa9819e022b7..f621e6078512 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ always-y := $(patsubst $(obj)/%.h,%.hdrtest, $(shell find $(obj) -name '*.h' 2>/
 # Include the header twice to detect missing include guard.
 quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $<
       cmd_hdrtest = \
-		$(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o /dev/null -x c /dev/null \
+		$(CC) $(c_flags) -fsyntax-only -x c /dev/null \
 			$(if $(filter-out $(no-header-test), $*.h), -include $< -include $<); \
 		$(PERL) $(srctree)/$(src)/headers_check.pl $(obj) $(SRCARCH) $<; \
 		touch $@