diff --git a/recipes/source.rb b/recipes/source.rb
index ac8ed86..12903b8 100644
--- a/recipes/source.rb
+++ b/recipes/source.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   code <<-EOF
   tar -zxvf Python-#{version}.tgz
   (cd Python-#{version} && ./configure #{configure_options})
-  (cd Python-#{version} && make && make #{make_options})
+  (cd Python-#{version} && make #{node['python']['make_build_options']} && make #{make_options})
   EOF
   environment({
       "LDFLAGS" => "-L#{node['python']['prefix_dir']} -L/usr/lib",