diff --git a/srcpkgs/jbigkit/template b/srcpkgs/jbigkit/template
index f16826f6673..e1bb0cb7525 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jbigkit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jbigkit/template
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ distfiles="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/download/jbigkit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=de7106b6bfaf495d6865c7dd7ac6ca1381bd12e0d81405ea81e7f2167263d932
 
 do_build() {
-	CFLAGS+=-I${wrksrc}/libjbig make -e
+	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I${wrksrc}/libjbig ${LDFLAGS}" ${makejobs}
 }
-
 do_install() {
 	# Install pbm tools
 	for tool in $(find pbmtools/ -executable -type f); do