diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e4081e061..25c21f08b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1387,19 +1387,19 @@ ifdef APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO
 endif
 
 ifdef BLK_SHA1
-	SHA1_HEADER = "block-sha1/sha1.h"
 	LIB_OBJS += block-sha1/sha1.o
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_BLK
 else
 ifdef PPC_SHA1
-	SHA1_HEADER = "ppc/sha1.h"
 	LIB_OBJS += ppc/sha1.o ppc/sha1ppc.o
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_PPC
 else
 ifdef APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DCOMMON_DIGEST_FOR_OPENSSL
-	SHA1_HEADER = <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_APPLE
 else
-	SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
 	EXTLIBS += $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_OPENSSL
 endif
 endif
 endif
@@ -1591,7 +1591,6 @@ endif
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 
-SHA1_HEADER_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHA1_HEADER))
 ETC_GITCONFIG_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(ETC_GITCONFIG))
 ETC_GITATTRIBUTES_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(ETC_GITATTRIBUTES))
 
@@ -1624,8 +1623,7 @@ PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERLLIB_EXTRA))
 # from the dependency list, that would make each entry appear twice.
 LIBS = $(filter-out %.o, $(GITLIBS)) $(EXTLIBS)
 
-BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_HEADER='$(SHA1_HEADER_SQ)' \
-	$(COMPAT_CFLAGS)
+BASIC_CFLAGS += $(COMPAT_CFLAGS)
 LIB_OBJS += $(COMPAT_OBJS)
 
 # Quote for C
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 61fc86e6d7..f98c95bf2a 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "pack-revindex.h"
+#include "hash.h"
 
-#include SHA1_HEADER
 #ifndef platform_SHA_CTX
 /*
  * platform's underlying implementation of SHA-1; could be OpenSSL,
diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0d9ddd0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef HASH_H
+#define HASH_H
+
+#if defined(SHA1_PPC)
+#include "ppc/sha1.h"
+#elif defined(SHA1_APPLE)
+#include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
+#elif defined(SHA1_OPENSSL)
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#else /* SHA1_BLK */
+#include "block-sha1/sha1.h"
+#endif
+
+#endif