diff --git a/test/unit/Makefile.in b/test/unit/Makefile.in
index 72c595e..e789a1b 100644
--- a/test/unit/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/unit/Makefile.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TEST_OBJS := $(sort $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard *.c)))
 TESTS := $(patsubst %.o,%.test,$(filter-out $(SHARED_OBJS),$(TEST_OBJS)))
 
 CHRONYD_OBJS := $(patsubst %.o,$(CHRONY_SRCDIR)/%.o,$(filter-out main.o,\
-		  $(filter %.o,$(shell $(MAKE) -s -C $(CHRONY_SRCDIR) print-chronyd-objects))))
+		  $(filter %.o,$(shell $(MAKE) -f $(CHRONY_SRCDIR)/Makefile print-chronyd-objects))))
 
 all: $(TESTS)