diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 03180cb13193..679d9632afa8 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ _TARGET_CPUTYPE=${TARGET_CPUTYPE}
 .else
 _TARGET_CPUTYPE=dummy
 .endif
-_CPUTYPE!=	MAKEFLAGS= ${MAKE} -f /dev/null -m ${.CURDIR}/share/mk \
-		CPUTYPE=${_TARGET_CPUTYPE} -V CPUTYPE
+_CPUTYPE!=	MAKEFLAGS= CPUTYPE=${_TARGET_CPUTYPE} ${MAKE} \
+		-f /dev/null -m ${.CURDIR}/share/mk -V CPUTYPE
 .if ${_CPUTYPE} != ${_TARGET_CPUTYPE}
 .error CPUTYPE global should be set with ?=.
 .endif