diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
index 87ee80dc12..aad0a7bb95 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ GST_PLUGINS_BASE_SOURCE = gst-plugins-base-$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_SITE = http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-base
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+GST_PLUGINS_BASE_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
+
 # freetype is only used by examples, but if it is not found
 # and the host has a freetype-config script, then the host
 # include dirs are added to the search path causing trouble