diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index 399cf395ce..a2eb8714b1 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ GLIBC_ADD_TOOLCHAIN_DEPENDENCY = NO
 
 # Before glibc is configured, we must have the first stage
 # cross-compiler and the kernel headers
-GLIBC_DEPENDENCIES = host-gcc-initial linux-headers host-bison host-gawk
+GLIBC_DEPENDENCIES = host-gcc-initial linux-headers host-bison host-gawk \
+	$(BR2_MAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+
+# glibc requires make >= 4.0 since 2.28 release.
+# https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-08/msg00003.html
+GLIBC_MAKE = $(BR2_MAKE)
 
 GLIBC_SUBDIR = build