diff --git a/ext/libv8/extconf.rb b/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
index a30c1d5..92716d0 100644
--- a/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ include Libv8::Arch
 include Libv8::Make
 
 Dir.chdir(File.expand_path '../../../vendor/v8', __FILE__) do
-  puts `make #{libv8_arch}.release`
+  puts `#{make} #{libv8_arch}.release`
 end