diff --git a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
index f1b76d0a20..a21b39e766 100644
--- a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
+++ b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ HOST_CHECKPOLICY_MAKE_OPTS = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 
 # DESTDIR is used at build time to find host-libselinux
 define HOST_CHECKPOLICY_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CHECKPOLICY_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR)
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CHECKPOLICY_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR)
 endef
 
 define HOST_CHECKPOLICY_INSTALL_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CHECKPOLICY_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) install
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CHECKPOLICY_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))