diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
index f9a94e6c73d7..873e09df8dfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preBuild = ''
     if [ -e src/libXNVCtrl/libXNVCtrl.a ]; then
       ( cd src/libXNVCtrl
-        make
+        make $makeFlags
       )
     fi
   '';