diff --git a/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template b/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
index 7cc73c18306..bbe66b9f29b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Cataclysm-DDA/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=0.E
 revision=4
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DRELEASE=1 $(vopt_bool backtrace BACKTRACE) -DUSE_HOME_DIR=1 -DPREFIX=/usr"
+make_cmd=make
 hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="$(vopt_if tiles 'SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel SDL2_ttf-devel freetype-devel')
  ncurses-devel"
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ checksum=b0af9a9292929e17332edcea770bca9a91f1d08ea47726d78a47e09281a42fa3
 build_options="tiles backtrace"
 build_options_default="tiles"
 
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
+
 case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
 	*-musl);;
 	*) build_options_default+=" backtrace";;