diff --git a/srcpkgs/cparser/template b/srcpkgs/cparser/template
index b550adc4612..d77478ac42a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cparser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cparser/template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ post_extract() {
 }
 
 do_configure() {
+	vsed -i Makefile -e 's;"\\#;"#;g'
 	cat <<EOF >config.mak
 variant = release
 CFLAGS_release = $CFLAGS