diff --git a/tools/idf.py b/tools/idf.py
index 4b885310e3..9435200af4 100755
--- a/tools/idf.py
+++ b/tools/idf.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ GENERATORS = \
     [
         # ('generator name', 'build command line', 'version command line', 'verbose flag')
         ("Ninja", ["ninja"], ["ninja", "--version"], "-v"),
-        (MAKE_GENERATOR, [MAKE_CMD, "-j", str(multiprocessing.cpu_count() + 2)], ["make", "--version"], "VERBOSE=1"),
+        (MAKE_GENERATOR, [MAKE_CMD, "-j", str(multiprocessing.cpu_count() + 2)], [MAKE_CMD, "--version"], "VERBOSE=1"),
     ]
 GENERATOR_CMDS = dict((a[0], a[1]) for a in GENERATORS)
 GENERATOR_VERBOSE = dict((a[0], a[3]) for a in GENERATORS)