diff --git a/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk b/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
index 9e7bcdcf..65e6183a 100644
--- a/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
+++ b/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ifneq ($(KERNEL_NO_GCC), true)
         endif
     endif
 
-    KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS += CPATH="/usr/include:/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" HOSTLDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib64 -fuse-ld=lld"
+    KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS += HOSTCFLAGS="-I/usr/include -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" HOSTLDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib64 -fuse-ld=lld"
 
     ifeq ($(KERNEL_ARCH),arm64)
         # Add 32-bit GCC to PATH so that arm-linux-androidkernel-as is available for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO