diff --git a/scripts/build_solaris.sh b/scripts/build_solaris.sh
index 6e41c2f5..6a014679 100755
--- a/scripts/build_solaris.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_solaris.sh
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ cd ${BUILDDIR}
 
 download_verify_extract fontconfig-2.15.0.tar.gz
 cd fontconfig*
-./configure --enable-libxml2 --disable-cache-build --prefix=${DEPSDIR}
+./configure MAKE="gmake" --enable-libxml2 --disable-cache-build --prefix=${DEPSDIR}
 gmake -j4
 gmake install
 install_license