diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 2d43dc586a..934a9f7431 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif
 
 $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH):$(BUILD_DIR))
 ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-QEMU_CFLAGS += -I../linux-headers
+QEMU_CFLAGS += -isystem ../linux-headers
 endif
 QEMU_CFLAGS += -iquote .. -iquote $(SRC_PATH)/target/$(TARGET_BASE_ARCH) -DNEED_CPU_H
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44a70cfa8c..06fcd070fb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ Linux)
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
   kvm="yes"
-  QEMU_INCLUDES="-I\$(SRC_PATH)/linux-headers -I$PWD/linux-headers $QEMU_INCLUDES"
+  QEMU_INCLUDES="-isystem \$(SRC_PATH)/linux-headers -isystem $PWD/linux-headers $QEMU_INCLUDES"
   supported_os="yes"
   libudev="yes"
 ;;