diff --git a/package/statserial/statserial.mk b/package/statserial/statserial.mk
index f0e15bc451..22b468ebb8 100644
--- a/package/statserial/statserial.mk
+++ b/package/statserial/statserial.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ STATSERIAL_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 STATSERIAL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 define STATSERIAL_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LD="$(TARGET_CC)" CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LD="$(TARGET_CC)" CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)
 endef
 
 define STATSERIAL_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS