1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 39c0081ab..a165274aa 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -2171,6 +2171,20 @@ pragmas_from_env(void)
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * Determine if a line is a target rule with an inline command.
+ * Return a pointer to the semicolon separator if it is, else NULL.
+ */
+static char *
+inline_command(char *line)
+{
+        char *p = find_char(line, ':');
+
+        if (p)
+                p = strchr(p, ';');
+        return p;
+}
+
+/*
  * Parse input from the makefile and construct a tree structure of it.
  */
 static void
@@ -2389,9 +2403,9 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                 cp = NULL;
                 s = strchr(q, ';');
                 if (s) {
-                        // Retrieve command from expanded copy of line
+                        // Retrieve command from original or expanded copy of line
                         char *copy3 = expand_macros(copy, FALSE);
-                        if ((p = find_colon(copy3)) && (p = strchr(p, ';')))
+                        if ((p = inline_command(copy)) || (p = inline_command(copy3)))
                                 newcmd(&cp, process_command(p + 1));
                         free(copy3);
                         *s = '\0';