diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.2.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.2.bb
index 089b6814c7..b5c0834d89 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.2.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git;branch=$
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS = "${CFLAGS}"
+
 inherit pkgconfig
 
 do_install() {