diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1ea379d7..41ca0ee28 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,6 +88,25 @@ endif
 
 $(info $$DEBUG_LEVEL is $(DEBUG_LEVEL), $$LIB_MODE is $(LIB_MODE))
 
+# Detect what platform we're building on.
+# Export some common variables that might have been passed as Make variables
+# instead of environment variables.
+dummy := $(shell (export ROCKSDB_ROOT="$(CURDIR)"; \
+                  export CXXFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS)"; \
+                  export LDFLAGS="$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)"; \
+                  export COMPILE_WITH_ASAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_ASAN)"; \
+                  export COMPILE_WITH_TSAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_TSAN)"; \
+                  export COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN)"; \
+                  export PORTABLE="$(PORTABLE)"; \
+                  export ROCKSDB_NO_FBCODE="$(ROCKSDB_NO_FBCODE)"; \
+                  export USE_CLANG="$(USE_CLANG)"; \
+                  export LIB_MODE="$(LIB_MODE)"; \
+		  export ROCKSDB_CXX_STANDARD="$(ROCKSDB_CXX_STANDARD)"; \
+		  export USE_FOLLY="$(USE_FOLLY)"; \
+                  "$(CURDIR)/build_tools/build_detect_platform" "$(CURDIR)/make_config.mk"))
+# this file is generated by the previous line to set build flags and sources
+include make_config.mk
+
 # Figure out optimize level.
 ifneq ($(DEBUG_LEVEL), 2)
 	OPTIMIZE_LEVEL ?= -O2
@@ -223,25 +242,6 @@ am__v_AR_1 =
 AM_LINK = $(AM_V_CCLD)$(CXX) -L. $(patsubst lib%.a, -l%, $(patsubst lib%.$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT), -l%, $^)) $(EXEC_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
 AM_SHARE = $(AM_V_CCLD) $(CXX) $(PLATFORM_SHARED_LDFLAGS)$@ -L. $(patsubst lib%.$(PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT), -l%, $^) $(EXEC_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-# Detect what platform we're building on.
-# Export some common variables that might have been passed as Make variables
-# instead of environment variables.
-dummy := $(shell (export ROCKSDB_ROOT="$(CURDIR)"; \
-                  export CXXFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS)"; \
-                  export LDFLAGS="$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)"; \
-                  export COMPILE_WITH_ASAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_ASAN)"; \
-                  export COMPILE_WITH_TSAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_TSAN)"; \
-                  export COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN="$(COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN)"; \
-                  export PORTABLE="$(PORTABLE)"; \
-                  export ROCKSDB_NO_FBCODE="$(ROCKSDB_NO_FBCODE)"; \
-                  export USE_CLANG="$(USE_CLANG)"; \
-                  export LIB_MODE="$(LIB_MODE)"; \
-		  export ROCKSDB_CXX_STANDARD="$(ROCKSDB_CXX_STANDARD)"; \
-		  export USE_FOLLY="$(USE_FOLLY)"; \
-                  "$(CURDIR)/build_tools/build_detect_platform" "$(CURDIR)/make_config.mk"))
-# this file is generated by the previous line to set build flags and sources
-include make_config.mk
-
 ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_MKS = $(foreach plugin, $(ROCKSDB_PLUGINS), plugin/$(plugin)/*.mk)
 include $(ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_MKS)
 ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_PROTO =ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::ObjectLibrary\&, const std::string\&