diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
index 3cefe4ed96cb..838c465d65aa 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
 include ../../scripts/Makefile.arch
 
 INSTALL	?= install
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/generated/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/generated/Makefile
index ea4128f612d6..5a186349b5a8 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/generated/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/generated/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-CC=gcc
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 CFLAGS += -std=gnu11 -O2 -W -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow \
 	-I../lib/ -idirafter $(UAPI_PATH)
 ifeq ("$(DEBUG)","1")
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/lib/Makefile
index 9b98c0599600..7b3eae89982f 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-CC=gcc
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 CFLAGS += -std=gnu11 -O2 -W -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow
 ifeq ("$(DEBUG)","1")
   CFLAGS += -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=leak -static-libasan
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
index 40827ca8e579..99ae7dcd6348 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Makefile for YNL tests
 
 include ../Makefile.deps
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
-CC=gcc
 CFLAGS += -std=gnu11 -O2 -W -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow \
 	-I../lib/ -I../generated/ -I../../../testing/selftests/ \
 	-idirafter $(UAPI_PATH)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynltool/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/ynltool/Makefile
index 48b0f32050f0..b8c67cdb4fdf 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/ynltool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynltool/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 include ../Makefile.deps
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
 INSTALL	?= install
 prefix  ?= /usr
 
-CC := gcc
-CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O2
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O2
 ifeq ("$(DEBUG)","1")
   CFLAGS += -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=leak -static-libasan
 endif
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ include $(wildcard *.d)
 
 all: $(YNLTOOL)
 
-Q = @
-
 $(YNLTOOL): ../libynl.a $(OBJS)
 	$(Q)echo -e "\tLINK $@"
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) ../libynl.a -lm