diff --git a/SSL/GNUmakefile b/SSL/GNUmakefile
index 3e9a5e19d..596b00a90 100644
--- a/SSL/GNUmakefile
+++ b/SSL/GNUmakefile
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@
 # Install into the system root by default
 GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR = $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT)
 
+# Include common.make as the first thing, as this defined
+# FOUNDATION_LIB which is used in ../config.mak
+include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
+
 -include ../config.mak
 -include config.mak
 
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
-include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
-
 srcdir = .
 PACKAGE_NAME = gnustep-base