diff --git a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
index b4b7313df..be8c74dbb 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ BUILD()
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_GLM=1 \
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_RAPIDJSON=1 \
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_PUGIXML=1 \
-		$makejobs
+		-j $makejobs
 }
 
 INSTALL()