diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index fd876629bf..e874f5b5f8 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ endif
 
 all: latest_vc latest_tcc
 ifdef WIN32
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=c99 -municode -w -o $(V) $(VC)/$(VCFILE) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=c99 -municode -w -I ./thirdparty/stdatomic/nix -o $(V) $(VC)/$(VCFILE) $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(V) -o v2.exe $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
 	move /y v2.exe v.exe
 else
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -w -o $(V) $(VC)/$(VCFILE) -lm -lpthread $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -w -I ./thirdparty/stdatomic/nix -o $(V) $(VC)/$(VCFILE) -lm -lpthread $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(V) -o v2.exe $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
 	mv -f v2.exe v
 endif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63c83b79b3..fe861748c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ CC ?= cc
 all:
 	rm -rf vc/
 	git clone --depth 1 --quiet https://github.com/vlang/vc
-	$(CC) -std=gnu11 -w -o v vc/v.c -lm -lexecinfo -I ./thirdparty/stdatomic/nix
+	$(CC) -std=gnu11 -w -I ./thirdparty/stdatomic/nix -o v vc/v.c -lm -lexecinfo 
 	rm -rf vc/
 	@echo "V has been successfully built"