diff --git a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
index 9066b5abd5e733446275e42140617346a3b5a360..fba0756f3dcd121a3e5d533606eb34ce861f3a29 100644
--- a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND   mkdir -p <SOURCE_DIR>/build
     BUILD_COMMAND       cd <SOURCE_DIR>/build
                         && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR} -DMKLROOT=${MKLDNN_MKLROOT}
-                        && make all -j${CPU_CORES}
-    INSTALL_COMMAND     cd <SOURCE_DIR>/build && make install
+                        && $(MAKE)
+    INSTALL_COMMAND     cd <SOURCE_DIR>/build && $(MAKE) install
     UPDATE_COMMAND      ""
 )