diff --git a/srcpkgs/opentoonz/template b/srcpkgs/opentoonz/template
index cb6fed95dd7..503ebf2d789 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opentoonz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opentoonz/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc="toonz/sources"
 build_style=cmake
+make_cmd=make
 hostmakedepends="qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools pkg-config automake libtool"
 makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-svg-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-multimedia-devel
  superlu-devel glew-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel liblzma-devel liblz4-devel lzo-devel
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ homepage="https://opentoonz.github.io/e/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=176caca191bf2747964ecaf8cbb6be6a738fd04b464a2ba182b5aaf96ccaefa9
 
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# Upstream uses their own modified version of tiff
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then