diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 76ccb3f..de31c33 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  ]}.
 {escript_main_app, setup}.
 {escript_name, setup_gen}.
-{post_hooks, [{compile, "${MAKE} escriptize"}]}.
+{post_hooks, [{compile, "${MAKE:-make} escriptize"}]}.
 
 %% This line is to ensure that any erl_first_files setting from
 %% 'above' isn't accidentally inherited, since there seems to be