diff --git a/syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim b/syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim
index 3cca035f..0d4885bd 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_c_gcc_GetLocList()
         \     '%f:%l: %tarning: %m,'.
         \     '%f:%l: %m',
         \ 'makeprg_main': '-x c -fsyntax-only',
+        \ 'makeprg_headers': '-x c',
         \ 'headers_pattern': '\.h$' })
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim b/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
index 930dc4ab..7f7e44c5 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_cpp_gcc_GetLocList()
         \     '%f:%l: %tarning: %m,'.
         \     '%f:%l: %m',
         \ 'makeprg_main': '-x c++ -fsyntax-only',
+        \ 'makeprg_headers': '-x c++',
         \ 'headers_pattern': '\.\(h\|hpp\|hh\)$' })
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/d/dmd.vim b/syntax_checkers/d/dmd.vim
index 7415f78c..5c66e7a7 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/d/dmd.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/d/dmd.vim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_d_dmd_GetLocList()
         \ 'errorformat':
         \     '%-G%f:%s:,%f(%l): %m,' .
         \     '%f:%l: %m',
-        \ 'makeprg_main': '-c',
+        \ 'makeprg_main': '-c ' . syntastic#c#NullOutput('d'),
         \ 'headers_pattern': '\.di$' })
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/nasm/nasm.vim b/syntax_checkers/nasm/nasm.vim
index 0cf0b51a..61a2b4ad 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/nasm/nasm.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/nasm/nasm.vim
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_nasm_nasm_IsAvailable()
 endfunction
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_nasm_nasm_GetLocList()
-    if has("win32")
-        let outfile="NUL"
-    else
-        let outfile="/dev/null"
-    endif
     let wd = shellescape(expand("%:p:h") . "/")
     let makeprg = syntastic#makeprg#build({
                 \ 'exe': 'nasm',
-                \ 'args': '-X gnu -f elf -I ' . wd . ' -o ' . outfile,
+                \ 'args': '-X gnu -f elf -I ' . wd . ' ' . syntastic#c#NullOutput('nasm'),
                 \ 'subchecker': 'nasm' })
     let errorformat = '%f:%l: %t%*[^:]: %m'
     return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat })