diff --git a/package/heimdal/heimdal.mk b/package/heimdal/heimdal.mk
index a20ec8f9da..5376a6c40e 100644
--- a/package/heimdal/heimdal.mk
+++ b/package/heimdal/heimdal.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ HEIMDAL_VERSION = 7.1.0
 HEIMDAL_SITE = http://www.h5l.org/dist/src
 HOST_HEIMDAL_DEPENDENCIES = host-e2fsprogs host-ncurses host-pkgconf
 HEIMDAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+HEIMDAL_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 # static because of -fPIC issues with e2fsprogs on x86_64 host
 HOST_HEIMDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-shared \