--- texinfo-6.7/configure.orig	2019-09-23 19:32:14.000000000 +0100
+++ texinfo-6.7/configure	2021-05-06 10:54:06.366315956 +0100
@@ -21923,7 +21923,7 @@
   # env -i gives this build host configure a clean environment;
   # consequently, we have to re-initialize $PATH.
   env -i CC="$BUILD_CC" AR="$BUILD_AR" RANLIB="$BUILD_RANLIB" \
-      PATH="$PATH" \
+      PATH="$PATH" ${MAKE:+MAKE="$MAKE"} \
       tools_only=1 \
     ${confdir}/configure --build=${build} --host=${build} \
                          --disable-rpath --disable-nls
@@ -23859,8 +23859,8 @@
 $as_echo "" >&6; }
   enable_xs=no
   (cd tp/Texinfo/XS \
-   && make clean \
-   && make TestXS.la \
+   && ${MAKE:-make} clean \
+   && ${MAKE:-make} TestXS.la \
    && TEXINFO_XS=debug ; export TEXINFO_XS \
    && ${PERL} -I . \
               -I ${xs_srcdir} \