diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-make.mk b/support/dependencies/check-host-make.mk
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+# Since version 2.28, glibc requires GNU Make >= 4.0
+# https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-08/msg00003.html
+#
+# Set this to either 4.0 or higher, depending on the highest minimum
+# version required by any of the packages bundled in Buildroot. If a
+# package is bumped or a new one added, and it requires a higher
+# version, our package infra will catch it and whine.
+#
+BR2_MAKE_VERSION_MIN = 4.0
+
+BR2_MAKE ?= $(call suitable-host-package,make,\
+	$(BR2_MAKE_VERSION_MIN) $(MAKE))
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_MAKE),)
+BR2_MAKE = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/make -j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
+BR2_MAKE1 = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/make -j1
+BR2_MAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY = host-make
+else
+BR2_MAKE = $(MAKE)
+BR2_MAKE1 = $(MAKE1)
+endif
diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-make.sh b/support/dependencies/check-host-make.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# prevent shift error
+[ $# -lt 2 ] && exit 1
+
+major_min="${1%.*}"
+minor_min="${1#*.}"
+
+shift
+
+# The host make program is already checked by dependencies.sh but we
+# want to check the version number even if Buildroot is able to use
+# GNU make >= 3.81 but some packages may require a more recent version.
+make="$1"
+
+# Output of 'make --version' examples:
+# GNU Make 4.2.1
+# GNU Make 4.0
+# GNU Make 3.81
+version=`$make --version 2>&1 | sed -e 's/^.* \([0-9\.]\)/\1/g' -e 's/[-\
+].*//g' -e '1q'`
+
+major=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1`
+minor=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f2`
+
+if [ $major -lt $major_min ]; then
+	# echo nothing: no suitable make found
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $major -eq $major_min -a $minor -lt $minor_min ]; then
+	# echo nothing: no suitable make found
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# valid
+echo $make