diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
index 26fd36b403..4c48f12e38 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class FormulaCreator
                               "--prefix=\#{prefix}"
         # system "cmake", ".", *std_cmake_args
     <% end %>
-        system "make install" # if this fails, try separate make/make install steps
+        system "make", "install" # if this fails, try separate make/make install steps
       end
 
       test do