diff --git a/tools/fip_create/Makefile b/tools/fip_create/Makefile
index 52e06a7..da99302 100644
--- a/tools/fip_create/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fip_create/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 PROJECT = fip_create
 OBJECTS = fip_create.o
+COPIED_H_FILES := uuid.h firmware_image_package.h
 
 CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99
 ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
@@ -42,13 +43,12 @@
   CFLAGS += -O2
 endif
 
-# Make soft links and include from local directory otherwise wrong headers
-# could get pulled in from firmware tree.
+# Only include from local directory (see comment below).
 INCLUDE_PATHS = -I.
 
 CC := gcc
 
-.PHONY: all clean
+.PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: ${PROJECT}
 
@@ -59,10 +59,25 @@
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
-%.o: %.c %.h Makefile
+%.o: %.c %.h ${COPIED_H_FILES} Makefile
 	@echo "  CC      $<"
 	${Q}${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
+#
+# Copy required library headers to a local directory so they can be included
+# by this project without adding the library directories to the system include
+# path. This avoids conflicts with definitions in the compiler standard
+# include path.
+#
+uuid.h : ../../include/stdlib/sys/uuid.h
+	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
+
+firmware_image_package.h : ../../include/common/firmware_image_package.h
+	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
+
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})
 
+distclean: clean
+	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${COPIED_H_FILES})
+
diff --git a/tools/fip_create/firmware_image_package.h b/tools/fip_create/firmware_image_package.h
deleted file mode 120000
index cc61903..0000000
--- a/tools/fip_create/firmware_image_package.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../include/common/firmware_image_package.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/fip_create/uuid.h b/tools/fip_create/uuid.h
deleted file mode 120000
index c77762f..0000000
--- a/tools/fip_create/uuid.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../include/stdlib/sys/uuid.h
\ No newline at end of file