diff --git a/package/x265/x265.mk b/package/x265/x265.mk
index 0ad27ee006..fe317d09d0 100644
--- a/package/x265/x265.mk
+++ b/package/x265/x265.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ X265_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 X265_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 X265_SUBDIR = source
 X265_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+X265_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64),y)
 X265_DEPENDENCIES += host-nasm