diff --git a/package/memtester/memtester.mk b/package/memtester/memtester.mk
index d12babca30..802c1e4902 100644
--- a/package/memtester/memtester.mk
+++ b/package/memtester/memtester.mk
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ MEMTESTER_TARGET_INSTALL_OPTS = INSTALLPATH=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr
 
 define MEMTESTER_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(SED) "s,^cc,$(TARGET_CC)," $(@D)/conf-*
-	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
 endef
 
 define MEMTESTER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) $(MEMTESTER_TARGET_INSTALL_OPTS) -C $(@D) install
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(MEMTESTER_TARGET_INSTALL_OPTS) -C $(@D) install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))