--- a/sope-gdl1/MySQL/GNUmakefile.preamble	2015-09-07 17:52:21.244429620 +0100
+++ b/sope-gdl1/MySQL/GNUmakefile.preamble	2015-09-07 17:54:16.586770809 +0100
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 
 MySQL_BUNDLE_LIBS += \
 	-lGDLAccess	\
-	`mysql_config --libs`
+	$(shell mysql_config --libs)
 
 MySQLD_BUNDLE_LIBS += \
 	-lGDLAccess	\
 	-lEOControl	\
-	`mysql_config --libs`
+	$(shell mysql_config --libs)
 
 gdltest_TOOL_LIBS += \
 	-lGDLAccess	\
@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@
 
 # set compile flags and go
 
-ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS += `mysql_config --cflags`
+ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS += $(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 
 ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS += \
 	-I../GDLAccess -I.. -I$(SOPE_ROOT)
 
 ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS += \
 	-I$(SOPE_ROOT)/sope-core/		\
-	-I$(SOPE_ROOT)/sope-core/NGExtensions
+	-I$(SOPE_ROOT)/sope-core/NGExtensions   \
+	$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 
 
 # dependencies