diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template b/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
index f83d3e25491..17973659858 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) ;;
 	 *) configure_args+=" -DOCIO_USE_SSE=OFF" ;;
 esac
+make_cmd=make
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config git"
 makedepends="tinyxml-devel lcms2-devel"
 short_desc="A complete color management solution"
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/imageworks/OpenColorIO/master/Chang
 distfiles="https://github.com/imageworks/OpenColorIO/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c9b5b9def907e1dafb29e37336b702fff22cc6306d445a13b1621b8a754c14c8
 
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }