diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd9209b..032d08b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ include premake.make
 
 # git commit hash and version for this build
 COMMIT-HASH != git log 2>/dev/null | sed -e '1s/^commit //;q'
-COMMIT := "const char* commit = \"$(COMMIT-HASH)\";"
-VERSION := "const char* version = \"$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCH)\";"
+COMMIT := "static const char* commit = \"$(COMMIT-HASH)\";"
+VERSION := "static const char* version = \"$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCH)\";"
 
 # some important install locations
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BIN := $(OUTDIR)/$(PROJ)
 SRCS += $(notdir $(wildcard src/*.cpp))
 OBJS := $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/, $(SRCS:.cpp=.o))
 DEPS := $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/, $(SRCS:.cpp=.dep))
-HDRS ?= $(wildcard src/*.hpp)
+HDRS ?= $(filter-out src/precomp.hpp, $(wildcard src/*.hpp))
 MANS := $(addprefix $(PREFIX)/, $(wildcard man/man*/*))
 
 # if project supports plugins, link to libdl where needed