diff --git a/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake b/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake
index efce686b20929a5201fccd31c64327d97e81e74b..8a2dc0e60a2ef78f131a3a4796c0ab110d85a114 100644
--- a/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   URL ${JEMALLOC_URL}
   INSTALL_DIR ${JEMALLOC_INSTALL}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR "${JEMALLOC_DOWNLOAD_DIR}"
-  BUILD_COMMAND $(MAKE)
+  BUILD_COMMAND make
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-  INSTALL_COMMAND $(MAKE) install
+  INSTALL_COMMAND make install
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND "${JEMALLOC_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/configure"
                     --prefix=${JEMALLOC_INSTALL} --disable-initial-exec-tls)
 
diff --git a/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake b/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
index 8ad2bf1e2e8f16ad573192f8a30257943db23cdb..f2bca6fea63243eba802543368295a60b3f71526 100644
--- a/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
 add_library(rocksdb STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 
 add_dependencies(extern_rocksdb snappy)
+add_dependencies(extern_rocksdb extern_jemalloc)
 set_property(TARGET rocksdb PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARIES})
 add_dependencies(rocksdb extern_rocksdb)