diff --git a/classes/elfwrapper.oeclass b/classes/elfwrapper.oeclass
index c8b30ae8..575933f4 100644
--- a/classes/elfwrapper.oeclass
+++ b/classes/elfwrapper.oeclass
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def image_preprocess_elf_sowrap(d):
                 dirparts = len(os.path.dirname(path).split('/'))
                 relative_root = "/".join([".."] * dirparts)
                 wrapper.write("#!/bin/sh\n")
+                if file == "make":
+                    wrapper.write("export MAKE=$(dirname $(realpath $0))/%s\n"%(os.path.basename(path)))
                 wrapper.write("$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/%s%s $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/%s \"$@\""%(
                         relative_root, ld_so, os.path.basename(dotpath)))
             os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRWXU|stat.S_IRWXG|stat.S_IROTH|stat.S_IXOTH)