1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index a55e7e40..e16079f4 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ if detected.bsd then
 end
 
 if detected.macosx then
+   defaults.variables.MAKE = "make"
    defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
    defaults.arch = "macosx-"..proc
    defaults.platforms = {"unix", "bsd", "macosx"}