diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 074ca029c8..a2012d6abc 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -16,17 +16,18 @@ ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = zlib
 ELFUTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-werror
 
-ELFUTILS_CFLAGS = $(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
-
 # sparc64 needs -fPIC instead of -fpic
 ifeq ($(BR2_sparc64),y)
 ELFUTILS_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 endif
 
 # elfutils gets confused when lfs mode is forced, so don't
+ELFUTILS_CFLAGS = $(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
+ELFUTILS_CPPFLAGS = $(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS))
+
 ELFUTILS_CONF_ENV += \
 	CFLAGS="$(ELFUTILS_CFLAGS)" \
-	CPPFLAGS="$(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS))"
+	CPPFLAGS="$(ELFUTILS_CPPFLAGS)"
 
 ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)