diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4458bfe6..ce8686f11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 .PHONY: all
 all:
 	mkdir -p bin/
-	cd renderdoc && make librenderdoc.so
-	cd renderdoccmd && make bin/renderdoccmd
-	cd qrenderdoc && qmake "CONFIG+=debug" && make
+	cd renderdoc && $(MAKE) librenderdoc.so
+	cd renderdoccmd && $(MAKE) bin/renderdoccmd
+	cd qrenderdoc && qmake "CONFIG+=debug" && $(MAKE)
 	cp renderdoc/librenderdoc.so renderdoccmd/bin/renderdoccmd bin/
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	cd renderdoc && make clean
-	cd renderdoccmd && make clean
+	cd renderdoc && $(MAKE) clean
+	cd renderdoccmd && $(MAKE) clean
 	cd qrenderdoc && rm -rf .obj Makefile*
diff --git a/renderdoc/Makefile b/renderdoc/Makefile
index 839a4620b..fd91d20bb 100644
--- a/renderdoc/Makefile
+++ b/renderdoc/Makefile
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ OBJDIR_DATA=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/, $(DATA))
 
 .PHONY: driver/gl/rdoc_gl.a
 driver/gl/rdoc_gl.a:
-	cd driver/gl && make rdoc_gl.a
+	cd driver/gl && $(MAKE) rdoc_gl.a
 
 .PHONY: driver/shaders/spirv/rdoc_spirv.a
 driver/shaders/spirv/rdoc_spirv.a:
-	cd driver/shaders/spirv && make rdoc_spirv.a
+	cd driver/shaders/spirv && $(MAKE) rdoc_spirv.a
 
 librenderdoc.so: $(OBJDIR_OBJECTS) $(OBJDIR_DATA) $(LIBS)
 	$(CPP) -o librenderdoc.so $^ $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ librenderdoc.so: $(OBJDIR_OBJECTS) $(OBJDIR_DATA) $(LIBS)
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf librenderdoc.so $(OBJDIR)
-	cd driver/gl && make clean
-	cd driver/shaders/spirv && make clean
+	cd driver/gl && $(MAKE) clean
+	cd driver/shaders/spirv && $(MAKE) clean