diff --git a/examples/efm32/tinygecko/Makefile.include b/examples/efm32/tinygecko/Makefile.include
index 76691ce4..2426e988 100644
--- a/examples/efm32/tinygecko/Makefile.include
+++ b/examples/efm32/tinygecko/Makefile.include
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ GDB		= $(PREFIX)-gdb
 #TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(shell dirname `which $(CC)`)/../$(PREFIX)
 TOOLCHAIN_DIR   = ../../../../..
 CFLAGS		+= -Os -g -Wall -Wextra -I$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/include \
-		   -fno-common -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -msoft-float -MD
+		   -fno-common -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -msoft-float -MD\
+                   -D$(FAMILY)
 LDSCRIPT	?= ${TOOLCHAIN_DIR}/lib/efm32/tinygecko/$(MCU).ld
 LDFLAGS		+= -lc -lnosys -L$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/efm32/tinygecko \
 		   -T$(LDSCRIPT) -nostartfiles -Wl,--gc-sections \
diff --git a/examples/efm32/tinygecko/efm32-tg-stk3300/Makefile.include b/examples/efm32/tinygecko/efm32-tg-stk3300/Makefile.include
index e707b652..32e6cfc3 100644
--- a/examples/efm32/tinygecko/efm32-tg-stk3300/Makefile.include
+++ b/examples/efm32/tinygecko/efm32-tg-stk3300/Makefile.include
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 ##
 
 MCU = EFM32TG840F32
+FAMILY = TINYGECKO
 
-# Linker scripts are always relative to the current directory. This file is
-# intended for inclusion from example subdirectories, so the Makefile.include
-# meant here would be called ../Makefile.include relative to here.
-include ../../Makefile.include
+include $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))../Makefile.include