--- a/common/glib-gen.mak
+++ b/common/glib-gen.mak
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
 # the example is based on the colorbalance interface
 
+H := \#
+
 #glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
 #glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
 #glib_enum_prefix=gst_color_balance
 
-enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n$(H)include \"$(h)\")
 
 # these are all the rules generating the relevant files
 %-marshal.h: %-marshal.list
--- a/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
+++ b/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
 # the example is based on the colorbalance interface
 
+H := \#
+
 #glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
 #glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
 #glib_gen_prefix=gst_color_balance
 #glib_gen_basename=colorbalance
 #glib_gen_decl_banner=GST_EXPORT
 
-enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n$(H)include \"$(h)\")
 
 # these are all the rules generating the relevant files
 $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h: $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.list
--- a/sys/v4l2/Makefile.in
+++ b/sys/v4l2/Makefile.in
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
 # the example is based on the colorbalance interface
 
+H := \#
+
 #glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
 #glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
 #glib_gen_prefix=gst_color_balance
@@ -669,7 +671,7 @@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvideo4linux2.la
-enum_headers = $(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+enum_headers = $(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n$(H)include \"$(h)\")
 libgstvideo4linux2_la_SOURCES = gstv4l2.c \
 				gstv4l2allocator.c \
 				gstv4l2colorbalance.c \