diff --git a/srcpkgs/ippusbxd/template b/srcpkgs/ippusbxd/template
index b8036c30e82..ce4ff2ea912 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ippusbxd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ippusbxd/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.34
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc=src
 build_style=cmake
+make_cmd=make
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libusb-devel avahi-libs-devel libxml2-devel cups-devel"
 short_desc="Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) over USB driver"
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=996a572c8f6d1426a58ad3b95c21fea7f5b64d5db34a825c543d7869b3c77891
 conf_files="/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ippusbxd"
 
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin build/ippusbxd
 	vman ../doc/ippusbxd.8