diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index a357a7a1..57034b02 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, xcb-icccm)
 CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, xcb-xinerama)
 CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, xcb-randr)
 CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, xcb)
-CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, xcursor)
 CFLAGS += $(call cflags_for_lib, x11)
 
 LIBS += -lm
@@ -92,9 +91,12 @@ LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcb-icccm,xcb-icccm)
 LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcb-xinerama,xcb-xinerama)
 LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcb-randr,xcb-randr)
 LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcb,xcb)
-LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcursor,Xcursor)
 LIBS += $(call ldflags_for_lib, x11,X11)
 
+# Xcursor
+XCURSOR_CFLAGS := $(call cflags_for_lib, xcursor)
+XCURSOR_LIBS   := $(call ldflags_for_lib, xcursor,Xcursor)
+
 # yajl
 YAJL_CFLAGS := $(call cflags_for_lib, yajl)
 # Fallback for libyajl 1 which did not include yajl_version.h. We need
diff --git a/src/i3.mk b/src/i3.mk
index e1d781d1..363df0b3 100644
--- a/src/i3.mk
+++ b/src/i3.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ i3_SOURCES_GENERATED  = src/cfgparse.tab.c src/cfgparse.yy.c
 i3_SOURCES           := $(filter-out $(i3_SOURCES_GENERATED),$(wildcard src/*.c))
 i3_HEADERS_CMDPARSER := $(wildcard include/GENERATED_*.h)
 i3_HEADERS           := $(filter-out $(i3_HEADERS_CMDPARSER),$(wildcard include/*.h))
-i3_CFLAGS             = $(YAJL_CFLAGS) $(LIBEV_CFLAGS) $(PCRE_CFLAGS) $(LIBSN_CFLAGS)
-i3_LIBS               = $(YAJL_LIBS) $(LIBEV_LIBS) $(PCRE_LIBS) $(LIBSN_LIBS)
+i3_CFLAGS             = $(XCURSOR_CFLAGS) $(YAJL_CFLAGS) $(LIBEV_CFLAGS) $(PCRE_CFLAGS) $(LIBSN_CFLAGS)
+i3_LIBS               = $(XCURSOR_LIBS) $(YAJL_LIBS) $(LIBEV_LIBS) $(PCRE_LIBS) $(LIBSN_LIBS)
 
 i3_OBJECTS := $(i3_SOURCES_GENERATED:.c=.o) $(i3_SOURCES:.c=.o)