diff --git a/common/gst-glib-gen.mak b/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
index 76b2233bb22c9c6a437c72f23744794d39ca94d3..bcb424034f3657c22cf021c8a099d9e9c198729b 100644
--- a/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
+++ b/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #glib_gen_decl_banner=GST_EXPORT
 #glib_gen_decl_include=\#include <gst/foo/foo-prelude.h>
 
-enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+hash:=\#
+enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n$(hash)include \"$(h)\")
 
 # these are all the rules generating the relevant files
 $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h: $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.list