-MAKE.n = $(findstring n,$(firstword $(MAKEFLAGS)))
-MAKE.k = $(findstring k,$(firstword $(MAKEFLAGS)))
-MAKE.q = $(findstring q,$(firstword $(MAKEFLAGS)))
+# Filter out long options to avoid flags like --no-print-directory which
+# may result in false positive match for MAKE.n
+MAKE.n = $(findstring n,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
+MAKE.k = $(findstring k,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
+MAKE.q = $(findstring q,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))