Make sure to use $(MAKE) everywhere instead of make.
Part of PR 181

Makefile.org

diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index aeebfb6..d80c4c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
 		done; \
 		(	here="`pwd`"; \
 			cd $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib; \
-			make -f $$here/Makefile link-shared ); \
+			$(MAKE) -f $$here/Makefile link-shared ); \
 	fi
 
 install_docs:

crypto/Makefile.ssl

diff --git a/crypto/Makefile.ssl b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
index dc45d37..55e970b 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 shared:
 	if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIBS)" ]; then \
-		(cd ..; make $(SHARED_LIB)); \
+		(cd ..; $(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIB)); \
 	fi
 
 libs:

ssl/Makefile.ssl

diff --git a/ssl/Makefile.ssl b/ssl/Makefile.ssl
index c75956f..3a8bd9b 100644
--- a/ssl/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/ssl/Makefile.ssl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 shared:
 	if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIBS)" ]; then \
-		(cd ..; make $(SHARED_LIB)); \
+		(cd ..; $(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIB)); \
 	fi
 
 files: