diff --git a/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib b/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib
index 597bf1d77851..061fc85adcdb 100644
--- a/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib
+++ b/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.distrib,v 1.6 2004/02/02 18:43:39 he Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.distrib,v 1.7 2006/06/27 12:34:54 christos Exp $
 #
 # Makefile snippet to setup various make variables variables used in distrib/:
 #
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DISTRIBVER!=	${HOST_SH} ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
 DISTRIBVERDEP=	${NETBSDSRCDIR}/sys/sys/param.h \
 		${NETBSDSRCDIR}/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
 
-MAKESUMS=	CKSUM=${TOOL_CKSUM:Q} ${HOST_SH} ${DISTRIBDIR}/sets/makesums
+MAKESUMS=	MAKE=${MAKE:Q} CKSUM=${TOOL_CKSUM:Q} ${HOST_SH} ${DISTRIBDIR}/sets/makesums
 RELEASE_INSTALL=${INSTALL} ${RENAME} ${PRESERVE} ${COPY} -m ${NONBINMODE}
 
 
diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index fcc3073fe766..ea6d75782c92 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.329 2006/06/19 15:44:35 gdamore Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.330 2006/06/27 12:34:54 christos Exp $
 #	from: @(#)Makefile	8.7 (Berkeley) 5/25/95
 
 # Environment variables without default values:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 TZDIR=		/usr/share/zoneinfo
 LOCALTIME?=	UTC
 CKSUM?=		${TOOL_CKSUM}
-MAKESUMS=	CKSUM=${CKSUM:Q} ${HOST_SH} ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/distrib/sets/makesums
+MAKESUMS=	MAKE=${MAKE:Q} CKSUM=${CKSUM:Q} ${HOST_SH} ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/distrib/sets/makesums
 DISTRIBVER!=	${HOST_SH} ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/sys/conf/osrelease.sh
 
 # Flags for creating ISO CDROM image