diff --git a/libs/libowfat/Makefile b/libs/libowfat/Makefile
index 23a886920..2741f4930 100644
--- a/libs/libowfat/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libowfat/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2010 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2014 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LOWFAT_VERSION=0.28
 
 PKG_NAME:=libowfat
 PKG_VERSION:=$(LOWFAT_VERSION)
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://dl.fefe.de
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 LOWFAT_MAKEOPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	COPTS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
 	DEBUG="$(DEBUG)" \
 	VERSION="$(LOWFAT_VERSION)" \
-	CPPFLAGS="-I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
 	OS="Linux"
 
 # work around a nasty gcc bug