diff --git a/srcpkgs/mame/template b/srcpkgs/mame/template
index cd6dbb58ed7..f636ba2db69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mame/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mame'
 pkgname=mame
-version=0228
+version=0229
 revision=1
 wrksrc="mame-mame${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 qt5-host-tools tar xz which"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://mamedev.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mamedev/mame/archive/mame${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1d8e6f20491492f8b15892ff958f9b067c48eb90cc2fc974b08bde297e657244
+checksum=414921771ada0804a8c7f3540e33338e8495e16a3bca78a5a2b355abafa51e6a
 nodebug=yes
 replaces="sdlmame>=0 sdlmess>=0"
 
@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ do_configure() {
 				grep -rlw -- -m64 | xargs sed -i "s;-m64;;"
 			;;
 		esac
-		make ${makejobs} ${_options} \
-			CC="$CC_host" \
-			CXX="$CXX_host" \
-			LD="$CXX_host" \
-			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_host" \
-			CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS_host" \
-			LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_host" \
-			genie
-	else
-		make ${makejobs} ${_options} genie
+		CC="$CC_host"
+		CXX="$CXX_host"
+		LD="$CXX_host"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_host"
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS_host"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_host"
 	fi
+	make CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" LD="$CXX" \
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+		${makejobs} ${_options} genie
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	# The build sometimes fails due to parallelism but the 2nd try then passes.
+	# The build sometimes fails due to parallelism and generated files
+	# not being ready but the 2nd try then passes.
 	make OVERRIDE_CC="$CC" OVERRIDE_CXX="$CXX" OVERRIDE_LD="$CXX" ${makejobs} ${_options} || \
 	make OVERRIDE_CC="$CC" OVERRIDE_CXX="$CXX" OVERRIDE_LD="$CXX" ${makejobs} ${_options}
 }