diff --git a/xmlsec1.spec b/xmlsec1.spec
index cf14a3e..7f4fcc8 100644
--- a/xmlsec1.spec
+++ b/xmlsec1.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
+%{!?make_build:%global make_build make %{?_smp_mflags}}
 %global libname    libxmlsec1-1
 %global libopenssl libxmlsec1-openssl1
 %global libgcrypt  libxmlsec1-gcrypt1
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ Libraries, includes, etc. for developing XML Security applications with NSS.
     --disable-silent-rules \
     --enable-werror \
     --disable-md5
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ rmdir %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/xmlsec1
 %check
 # Relax the crypto policies for the test-suite
 export GNUTLS_SYSTEM_PRIORITY_FILE=/dev/null
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -j1 check check-keys check-dsig check-enc
+%make_build -j1 check check-keys check-dsig check-enc
 
 %post -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig