diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3932dded3..e8badd173 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PKG_PREFIX := github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics
 
-MAKE_CONCURRENCY ?= $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+MAKE_CONCURRENCY ?= $(shell getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
 MAKE_PARALLEL := $(MAKE) -j $(MAKE_CONCURRENCY)
 DATEINFO_TAG ?= $(shell date -u +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
 BUILDINFO_TAG ?= $(shell echo $$(git describe --long --all | tr '/' '-')$$( \