diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 00b10dacb86f9..f981572f1b732 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+: ${CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR:=ninja}
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="libressl?,sqlite,ssl"
 LIBDVDCSS_VERSION="1.4.2-Leia-Beta-5"
 LIBDVDREAD_VERSION="6.0.0-Leia-Alpha-3"