diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/build_all_android.sh b/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/build_all_android.sh
index fb9e77ae1b..20cdf8122f 100755
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/build_all_android.sh
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/build_all_android.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ fi
 
 ARCH=armeabi-v7a
 
+# Use system Make by default.
+MAKE=/usr/bin/make
+
 while getopts "Es:t:Tx:a:" opt_name; do
   case "$opt_name" in
     E) ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_HEXNN_OPS="true";;
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ JOB_COUNT="${JOB_COUNT:-$(get_job_count)}"
 HEXAGON_DOWNLOAD_PATH="tensorflow/contrib/makefile/downloads/hexagon"
 
 # Remove any old files first.
-make -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile cleantarget
+${MAKE} -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile cleantarget
 
 if [[ "${ONLY_MAKE_TENSORFLOW}" != "true" ]]; then
   rm -rf tensorflow/contrib/makefile/downloads
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_HEXNN_OPS}" == "true" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${BUILD_TARGET}" ]]; then
-    make -j"${JOB_COUNT}" -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile \
+    ${MAKE} -j"${JOB_COUNT}" -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile \
          TARGET=ANDROID NDK_ROOT="${NDK_ROOT}" ANDROID_ARCH="${ARCH}" \
          CC_PREFIX="${CC_PREFIX}" \
          HOST_NSYNC_LIB="$HOST_NSYNC_LIB" TARGET_NSYNC_LIB="$TARGET_NSYNC_LIB" \
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ SUB_MAKEFILES="${SUB_MAKEFILES}" ${EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS[@]}
 else
     # BUILD_TARGET explicitly uncommented to allow multiple targets to be
     # passed to make in a single build_all_android.sh invocation.
-    make -j"${JOB_COUNT}" -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile \
+    ${MAKE} -j"${JOB_COUNT}" -f tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile \
          TARGET=ANDROID NDK_ROOT="${NDK_ROOT}" ANDROID_ARCH="${ARCH}" \
          CC_PREFIX="${CC_PREFIX}" \
          HOST_NSYNC_LIB="$HOST_NSYNC_LIB" TARGET_NSYNC_LIB="$TARGET_NSYNC_LIB" \