diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b5d5c4652a..d797ac880b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS) $(HARDENED_LDFLAGS) $(GPROF_LDFLAGS) $(SANITIZER_LDFLAGS) $(CORE_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(CORE_CXXFLAGS) $(DEBUG_CXXFLAGS) $(HARDENED_CXXFLAGS) $(WARN_CXXFLAGS) $(NOWARN_CXXFLAGS) $(ERROR_CXXFLAGS) $(GPROF_CXXFLAGS) $(SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS)
+AM_OBJCXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(DEBUG_CPPFLAGS) $(HARDENED_CPPFLAGS) $(CORE_CPPFLAGS)
 AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --preserve-dup-deps
 PTHREAD_FLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_LIBS)