diff --git a/srcpkgs/fntsample/template b/srcpkgs/fntsample/template
index 7abc88b2aa9..500c58ff552 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fntsample/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fntsample/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 wrksrc="fntsample-release-${version}"
 configure_args="-DUNICODE_BLOCKS=../Blocks.txt"
+make_cmd=make
 hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="cairo-devel fontconfig-devel freetype-devel glib-devel pango-devel"
 short_desc="PDF and PostScript font samples generator"
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ checksum="e4e8b50b0a5e984cfdaa32b7d133bd3bf0c62edb14f752f7df1190176023972b
 skip_extraction="Blocks.txt
  terms_of_use.html"
 
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
+
 post_extract() {
 	cp "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/fntsample-${version}/Blocks.txt" "${wrksrc}/"
 }