diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ea481c61..01ef4fad0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ apidocs:
 test: $(TEST_RUN)
 
 sparse:
-	sparse -DSPARSE_IS_RUNNING $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(SPARSE_FLAGS) $(SRC_C)
+	cgcc -no-compile -DSPARSE_IS_RUNNING $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(SPARSE_FLAGS) $(SRC_C)
 
 install-headers: $(PUBLIC_HEADERS)
 	@mkdir -p /tmp/gitinc/git