2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index dfaffcb7bd4..e3e4a62c04d 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 2008-06-21  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * Makefile.in (all): Explicitly pass EMACS to sub-make,
+        for some non-GNU makes.
+
         * cus-dep.el (custom-dependencies-no-scan-regexp):
         * finder.el (finder-no-scan-regexp): Add ldefs-boot.el
 
diff --git a/lisp/Makefile.in b/lisp/Makefile.in
index badd94e56b3..d391080f493 100644
--- a/lisp/Makefile.in
+++ b/lisp/Makefile.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ setwins_almost=subdirs=`(cd $$wd; find . -type d -print)`; \
 # we add them here to make sure they get built.
 all: compile-main $(lisp)/cus-load.el $(lisp)/finder-inf.el
         @: Let us check that we byte-compiled all the files.
-        $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) compile-last
+        $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) compile-last EMACS=$(EMACS)
 
 doit: