diff --git a/utilities/build_julia.sh b/utilities/build_julia.sh
index 5194e37a..6c07e25e 100755
--- a/utilities/build_julia.sh
+++ b/utilities/build_julia.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ done
 echo "--- Build Julia"
 ${MAKE} "${MFLAGS[@]}"
 
+
 echo "--- Check that the working directory is clean"
 if [ -n "$(git status --short)" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: The working directory is dirty." >&2
@@ -92,10 +93,10 @@ ${JULIA_EXE} -e "import Test; Test.@test Sys.ARCH == :${ARCH:?}"
 ${JULIA_EXE} -e "import Test; Test.@test Sys.WORD_SIZE == ${EXPECTED_WORD_SIZE:?}"
 
 echo "--- Show build stats"
-${MAKE} build-stats
+${MAKE} "${MFLAGS[@]}" build-stats
 
 echo "--- Create build artifacts"
-${MAKE} binary-dist
+${MAKE} "${MFLAGS[@]}" binary-dist
 
 # Rename the build artifact in case we want to name it differently, as is the case on `musl`.
 if [[ "${JULIA_BINARYDIST_FILENAME}.tar.gz" != "${UPLOAD_FILENAME}.tar.gz" ]]; then