diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ba5eb65..2b4c356 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ else
   cores=$(nproc)
 fi
 
+if command -v gmake >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  make_command=gmake
+else
+  make_command=make
+fi
+
 echo "$TAG Compiling gcc (usually 10-20 minutes)..."
 run_quietly giteapc-build.log \
-make -j"$cores" all-gcc all-target-libgcc
+$make_command -j"$cores" all-gcc all-target-libgcc
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4600bb9..970a11a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
 source util.sh
 PREFIX="$1"
 
+if command -v gmake >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  make_command=gmake
+else
+  make_command=make
+fi
+
 cd build
 echo "$TAG Installing to local folder..."
 run_quietly giteapc-install.log \
-make install-strip-gcc install-strip-target-libgcc
+$make_command install-strip-gcc install-strip-target-libgcc
 cd ..
 
 # Symbolic link executables to $PREFIX/bin