diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00cfc481b1..54a10f6fde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ FFLIBS := avutil
 
 DATA_FILES := $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/ffpresets/*.ffpreset)
 
+SKIPHEADERS = cmdutils_common_opts.h
+
 include common.mak
 
 FF_LDFLAGS   := $(FFLDFLAGS)
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index b55e921f54..446ccc1992 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ HOSTPROGS := $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(addsuffix $(HOSTEXESUF),$(HOSTPROGS)))
 DEP_LIBS := $(foreach NAME,$(FFLIBS),$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/lib$(NAME)/$($(CONFIG_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME))
 
 ALLHEADERS := $(subst $(SRC_DIR)/,$(SUBDIR),$(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.h $(SRC_DIR)/$(ARCH)/*.h))
-SKIPHEADERS = $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(SKIPHEADERS-))
+SKIPHEADERS := $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(SKIPHEADERS-) $(SKIPHEADERS))
 checkheaders: $(filter-out $(SKIPHEADERS:.h=.ho),$(ALLHEADERS:.h=.ho))
 
 $(HOSTOBJS): %.o: %.c