diff --git a/R/install.R b/R/install.R
index 8de3ac22..39255af5 100644
--- a/R/install.R
+++ b/R/install.R
@@ -818,11 +818,13 @@ is_toolchain_installed <- function(app, path) {
       )
       app_path <- withr::with_path(
         c(
-          toolchain_PATH_env_var()
+          toolchain_PATH_env_var(),
+          rtools_make_path()
         ),
         repair_path(dirname(Sys.which(app)))
       )
-      if (normalizePath(app_path) != normalizePath(rtools4x_toolchain_path())) {
+      if (!(normalizePath(app_path) %in% c(normalizePath(rtools4x_toolchain_path()),
+                                         normalizePath(rtools_make_path())))) {
         return(FALSE)
       }
       return(TRUE)