diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ae004798..2071e1099 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -278,13 +278,13 @@ lapack-timing : large.tgz timing.tgz
 ifndef NOFORTRAN
 	(cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR); $(TAR) zxf ../timing.tgz TIMING)
 	(cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TIMING; $(TAR) zxf ../../large.tgz )
-	make -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TIMING
+	$(MAKE) -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TIMING
 endif
 
 
 lapack-test :
 	(cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TESTING && rm -f x* *.out)
-	make -j 1 -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TESTING xeigtstc  xeigtstd  xeigtsts  xeigtstz  xlintstc  xlintstd  xlintstds  xlintstrfd  xlintstrfz  xlintsts  xlintstz  xlintstzc xlintstrfs xlintstrfc
+	$(MAKE) -j 1 -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/TESTING xeigtstc  xeigtstd  xeigtsts  xeigtstz  xlintstc  xlintstd  xlintstds  xlintstrfd  xlintstrfz  xlintsts  xlintstz  xlintstzc xlintstrfs xlintstrfc
 ifneq ($(CROSS), 1)
 	( cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/INSTALL; ./testlsame; ./testslamch; ./testdlamch; \
         ./testsecond; ./testdsecnd; ./testieee; ./testversion )
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ lapack-runtest:
 
 blas-test:
 	(cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/BLAS && rm -f x* *.out)
-	make -j 1 -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR) blas_testing
+	$(MAKE) -j 1 -C $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR) blas_testing
 	(cd $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/BLAS && cat *.out)
 
 
diff --git a/lapack-netlib/CBLAS/Makefile b/lapack-netlib/CBLAS/Makefile
index d7ee0c506..947eb47c2 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/CBLAS/Makefile
+++ b/lapack-netlib/CBLAS/Makefile
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ runtst:
 	cd testing && $(MAKE) run
 	
 example: all
-	cd examples && make all
+	cd examples && $(MAKE) all