diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index d86d779d..9ad8efdd 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ MBEDTLSLIBPATH = ../common/mbedtls
 MBEDTLSLIB = $(MBEDTLSLIBPATH)/libmbedtls.a
 CBORLIBPATH = ./tinycbor
 CBORLIB = $(CBORLIBPATH)/tinycbor.a
-LIBS = -I../zlib -I../uart -I../liblua -I$(MBEDTLSLIBPATH) -I$(JANSSONLIBPATH) -I$(CBORLIBPATH)
-INCLUDES_CLIENT = -I. -I../include -I../common -I/opt/local/include $(LIBS)
+LIBINCLUDES = -I../zlib -I../uart -I../liblua -I$(MBEDTLSLIBPATH) -I$(JANSSONLIBPATH) -I$(CBORLIBPATH)
+INCLUDES_CLIENT = -I. -I../include -I../common -I/opt/local/include $(LIBINCLUDES)
 LDFLAGS = $(ENV_LDFLAGS)
 CFLAGS = $(ENV_CFLAGS) -std=c99 -D_ISOC99_SOURCE $(INCLUDES_CLIENT) -Wall -g -O3
 CXXFLAGS = -I../include -Wall -O3