diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index aaa5851d..60bfe6d7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     meant to be embedded inside the application.
     E.g. `/Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework'.
   * Made `vendor_project' accept glob patterns for the `source_files' option.
+  * Made BridgeSupport metadata generation for `vendor' projects by default use
+    the `:cflags` option.
 
 = RubyMotion 2.19 =
 
diff --git a/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb b/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
index 82b64601..09773aad 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/vendor.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ EOS
         unless headers.empty?
           bs_file = File.basename(@path) + '.bridgesupport'
           if !File.exist?(bs_file) or headers.any? { |h| File.mtime(h) > File.mtime(bs_file) }
-            bs_cflags = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_cflags) or '')
+            bs_cflags = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_cflags) or opts.delete(:cflags) or '')
             bs_exceptions = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_exceptions) or [])
             @config.gen_bridge_metadata(platform, headers, bs_file, bs_cflags, bs_exceptions)
           end
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ EOS
           project_dir = File.expand_path(@config.project_dir)
           headers = Dir.glob(File.join(project_dir, headers_dir, '**/*.h'))
           if !File.exist?(bs_file) or headers.any? { |x| File.mtime(x) > File.mtime(bs_file) }
-            bs_cflags = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_cflags) or '')
+            bs_cflags = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_cflags) or opts.delete(:cflags) or '')
             bs_exceptions = (opts.delete(:bridgesupport_exceptions) or [])
             @config.gen_bridge_metadata(platform, headers, bs_file, bs_cflags, bs_exceptions)
           end