diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index 77c36c870..868cca4f9 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -1642,11 +1642,11 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(F_COMPILER),NAG)
 LAPACK_FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
-FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
+override FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
 endif
 ifeq ($(F_COMPILER),CRAY)
 LAPACK_FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
-FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
+override FFLAGS := $(filter-out -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -mavx -mavx2 -mskylake-avx512 ,$(FFLAGS))
 endif
 
 LAPACK_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)