diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index aeebfb60411535b3b22c14c77f62155a7c9cedae..d80c4c2e65d0b37224934c9a520f7a1aec5919f6 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ install: all install_docs
 		done; \
 		(	here="`pwd`"; \
 			cd $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib; \
-			make -f $$here/Makefile link-shared ); \
+			$(MAKE) -f $$here/Makefile link-shared ); \
 	fi
 
 install_docs:
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile.ssl b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
index dc45d37debcf234db831d74802c6187fc4816ba4..55e970baec862986f4dbc85991b1c33d393ca7e1 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ lib:	$(LIBOBJ)
 
 shared:
 	if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIBS)" ]; then \
-		(cd ..; make $(SHARED_LIB)); \
+		(cd ..; $(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIB)); \
 	fi
 
 libs:
diff --git a/ssl/Makefile.ssl b/ssl/Makefile.ssl
index c75956fc21e253911c7eec0ad8d443e191af929c..3a8bd9befa73ccc17d056cbe276938ddb7ea3b31 100644
--- a/ssl/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/ssl/Makefile.ssl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ lib:	$(LIBOBJ)
 
 shared:
 	if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIBS)" ]; then \
-		(cd ..; make $(SHARED_LIB)); \
+		(cd ..; $(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIB)); \
 	fi
 
 files: