diff --git a/MCONFIG.in b/MCONFIG.in
index 9fa9f880..e82963d2 100644
--- a/MCONFIG.in
+++ b/MCONFIG.in
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 @ifGNUmake@   endif
 @ifGNUmake@ endif
 
-@ifNotGNUmake@ CHECK_CMD=@true
-@ifNotGNUmake@ CPPHECK_CMD=@true
+@ifNotGNUmake@ CHECK_CMD=true
+@ifNotGNUmake@ CPPCHECK_CMD=true
 
 CC = @CC@
 BUILD_CC = @BUILD_CC@
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 4c8a77cb..b4bdc5d9 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ AC_DEFUN(
         [CHECK_GNU_MAKE], [ AC_CACHE_CHECK( for GNU make,_cv_gnu_make_command,
                 _cv_gnu_make_command='' ;
 dnl Search all the common names for GNU make
-                for a in "$MAKE" make gmake gnumake ; do
+                if test -z "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
+                   MAKES="make"
+                else
+                   MAKES="make gmake gnumake"
+                fi
+                for a in "$MAKE" $MAKES ; do
                         if test -z "$a" ; then continue ; fi ;
                         if  ( sh -c "$a --version" 2> /dev/null | grep GNU  2>&1 > /dev/null ) ;  then
                                 _cv_gnu_make_command=$a ;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0ac5dcbc..6825bd27 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11515,7 +11515,12 @@ if ${_cv_gnu_make_command+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   _cv_gnu_make_command='' ;
-                for a in "$MAKE" make gmake gnumake ; do
+                if test -z "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
+                   MAKES="make"
+                else
+                   MAKES="make gmake gnumake"
+                fi
+                for a in "$MAKE" $MAKES ; do
                         if test -z "$a" ; then continue ; fi ;
                         if  ( sh -c "$a --version" 2> /dev/null | grep GNU  2>&1 > /dev/null ) ;  then
                                 _cv_gnu_make_command=$a ;