diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c7b5a4a86..fb1e5ec57 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ BUILT_SOURCES += \
 
 src/core/syscall-list.txt: Makefile
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)
-	$(AM_V_GEN)$(CPP) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -dM -include sys/syscall.h - < /dev/null | $(AWK) '/^#define[ \t]+__NR_[^ ]+[ \t]+[0-9(]/ { sub(/__NR_/, "", $$2); print $$2; }' > $@
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(CPP) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -dM -include sys/syscall.h - < /dev/null | $(AWK) '/^#define[ \t]+__NR_[^ ]+[ \t]+[0-9(]/ { sub(/__NR_/, "", $$2); if ($$2 !~ /SYSCALL_BASE/) print $$2; }' > $@
 
 src/core/syscall-from-name.gperf: src/core/syscall-list.txt Makefile
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)