diff --git a/package/bzip2/bzip2.mk b/package/bzip2/bzip2.mk
index 62571ed5a3..e43533072b 100644
--- a/package/bzip2/bzip2.mk
+++ b/package/bzip2/bzip2.mk
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ BZIP2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),)
 define BZIP2_BUILD_SHARED_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV)
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(@D) -f Makefile-libbz2_so $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
 endef
 endif
 
 define BZIP2_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV)
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(@D) libbz2.a bzip2 bzip2recover $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
 	$(BZIP2_BUILD_SHARED_CMDS)
 endef