diff --git a/src/seq_block_mv/Makefile b/src/seq_block_mv/Makefile
index dd06baa3e3..0ec88cf5c2 100644
--- a/src/seq_block_mv/Makefile
+++ b/src/seq_block_mv/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SONAME = libHYPRE_seq_block_mv-${HYPRE_RELEASE_VERSION}${HYPRE_LIB_SUFFIX}
 ##################################################################
 
 all:
-	make lib
+	$(MAKE) lib
 
 lib: libHYPRE_seq_block_mv${HYPRE_LIB_SUFFIX}
 	cp -fR $(srcdir)/_hypre_seq_block_mv.h $(HYPRE_BUILD_DIR)/include