diff --git a/package/hostapd/Makefile b/package/hostapd/Makefile
index a45a168bbc..5d279c51c5 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/Makefile
+++ b/package/hostapd/Makefile
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ endif
 
 define Build/RunMake
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(1) \
+	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(1) \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		$(DRIVER_MAKEOPTS) \
 		LIBS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
@@ -247,12 +247,12 @@ define Build/Compile/wpad
 		$(call Build/RunMake,wpa_supplicant,-s MULTICALL=1 dump_cflags) | \
 		sed -e 's,-n ,,g' -e 's,$(TARGET_CFLAGS),,' \
 	` > $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.cflags
-	$(call Build/RunMake,hostapd, \
+	+$(call Build/RunMake,hostapd, \
 		CFLAGS="$$$$(cat $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.cflags)" \
 		MULTICALL=1 \
 		hostapd_cli hostapd_multi.a \
 	)
-	$(call Build/RunMake,wpa_supplicant, \
+	+$(call Build/RunMake,wpa_supplicant, \
 		CFLAGS="$$$$(cat $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.cflags)" \
 		MULTICALL=1 \
 		wpa_cli wpa_supplicant_multi.a \