diff --git a/package/riemann-c-client/riemann-c-client.mk b/package/riemann-c-client/riemann-c-client.mk
index 5593519987..c8a411c32b 100644
--- a/package/riemann-c-client/riemann-c-client.mk
+++ b/package/riemann-c-client/riemann-c-client.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_SITE = https://github.com/algernon/riemann-c-client/releases/do
 RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_LICENSE = LGPLv3+
 RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 RIEMANN_C_CLIENT_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf protobuf-c \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),gnutls) \