diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 24a4ea08b8..d9cf7ad791 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ common-obj-y += backends/
 common-obj-y += chardev/
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += qemu-seccomp.o
+qemu-seccomp.o-cflags := $(SECCOMP_CFLAGS)
+qemu-seccomp.o-libs := $(SECCOMP_LIBS)
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_FDT) += device_tree.o
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9ee4559b54..94db2d103e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2035,8 +2035,8 @@ if test "$seccomp" != "no" ; then
 
     if test "$libseccomp_minver" != "" &&
        $pkg_config --atleast-version=$libseccomp_minver libseccomp ; then
-        libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $($pkg_config --libs libseccomp)"
-        QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $($pkg_config --cflags libseccomp)"
+        seccomp_cflags="$($pkg_config --cflags libseccomp)"
+        seccomp_libs="$($pkg_config --libs libseccomp)"
         seccomp="yes"
     else
         if test "$seccomp" = "yes" ; then
@@ -5829,6 +5829,8 @@ fi
 
 if test "$seccomp" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_SECCOMP=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SECCOMP_CFLAGS=$seccomp_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "SECCOMP_LIBS=$seccomp_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
 # XXX: suppress that