--- a/util/symlinks.c	
+++ a/util/symlinks.c	
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ 
 #define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
 #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
 #define _POSIX_SOURCE
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
 #include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
--- a/util/Makefile.in	
+++ a/util/Makefile.in	
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SRCS = $(srcdir)/subst.c
 
 .c.o:
 	$(E) "	CC $<"
-	$(Q) $(BUILD_CC) -c $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(Q) $(BUILD_CC) -c $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
 PROGS=		subst symlinks