diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c35e22e..9058436 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ task :checkout do
   Dir.chdir(V8_Source) do
     sh "git fetch"
     sh "git checkout #{V8_Version}"
-    sh "make dependencies"
+    sh "#{make} dependencies"
   end
 end
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ task :manual_compile do
   require File.expand_path '../ext/libv8/arch.rb', __FILE__
   include Libv8::Arch
   Dir.chdir(V8_Source) do
-    sh "make -j2 #{libv8_arch}.release"
+    sh "#{make} -j2 #{libv8_arch}.release"
   end
 end