diff --git a/package/ti-utils/ti-utils.mk b/package/ti-utils/ti-utils.mk
index 06aca6d409..cfb0cb8769 100644
--- a/package/ti-utils/ti-utils.mk
+++ b/package/ti-utils/ti-utils.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TI_UTILS_CFLAGS = `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags libnl-genl-3.0`
 TI_UTILS_LIBS = `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libnl-genl-3.0`
 
 define TI_UTILS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE1) NFSROOT="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) NFSROOT="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
 		CC="$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TI_UTILS_CFLAGS)" \
 		LIBS="$(TI_UTILS_LIBS)" -C $(@D) all
 endef