diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce904357b05..b2df03d8f63 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 	* Unreleased *
 
 	This release:
-	- ...
+	- Significantly reduces the libpmem's stack usage.
 
 Tue Aug 8 2023 Oksana Sałyk <oksana.salyk@intel.com>
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.inc b/src/Makefile.inc
index 26745e90e2c..a8ffaeee7cf 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/Makefile.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # src/Makefile.inc -- common Makefile rules for PMDK
 #
 
+# Note: Please do not set CFLAGS before this file is included unless you do not
+# want to use default CFLAGS.
+
 TOP := $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))..
 
 include $(TOP)/src/common.inc
diff --git a/src/libpmem/Makefile b/src/libpmem/Makefile
index 94350817619..54eda860469 100644
--- a/src/libpmem/Makefile
+++ b/src/libpmem/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ ifeq ($(OS_DIMM),ndctl)
 SOURCE +=\
 	region_namespace_ndctl.c\
 	numa_ndctl.c
-CFLAGS += $(LIBNDCTL_CFLAGS)
-LIBS += $(LIBNDCTL_LIBS)
 else
 SOURCE +=\
 	region_namespace_none.c\
@@ -68,5 +66,5 @@ include ../Makefile.inc
 
 include $(PMEM2)/$(ARCH)/flags.inc
 
-CFLAGS += -I.
-LIBS += -pthread
+CFLAGS += -I. $(LIBNDCTL_CFLAGS)
+LIBS += -pthread $(LIBNDCTL_LIBS)