diff --git a/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild b/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
index 48bf0ae95f664..5b712e92fe3a8 100644
--- a/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 src_test() {
-	make -C src/ check
+	emake -C src/ check
 }
 
 src_install() {