diff --git a/openpower/package/ppe42-binutils/ppe42-binutils.mk b/openpower/package/ppe42-binutils/ppe42-binutils.mk
index 3a9c125..68579d8 100644
--- a/openpower/package/ppe42-binutils/ppe42-binutils.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/ppe42-binutils/ppe42-binutils.mk
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 					--enable-shared \
 					--enable-64-bit-bfd \
 					&& \
-        make configure-host && \
-        make LDFLAGS=-all-static CFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-value
+        $(MAKE) configure-host && \
+        $(MAKE) LDFLAGS=-all-static CFLAGS=-Wno-error
 endef
 
 define HOST_PPE42_BINUTILS_INSTALL_CMDS