diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.0.bb
index 8e532ad62c..109a9d2ee8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.0.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_NONGNU_MIRROR}/dmidecode/${BP}.tar.xz"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(i.86|x86_64|aarch64|arm|powerpc|powerpc64).*-linux"
 
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-e MAKEFLAGS="
+
 do_install() {
 	oe_runmake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 }