diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5e8c12d37fe8dc75753df8a0e86298550eb68ca..2f4966f7ca512a9deea3d55387c5ebbd0cc98e46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: all clean dependencies distclean doc full release relwithdebug reldebug debug stresstest test
 
 NPROC := $(shell nproc)
-COMMON_MAKE_ARGS := -j $(NPROC) -l $(NPROC)
+COMMON_MAKE_ARGS := -j $(NPROC) -l $(NPROC) $(MAKEFLAGS)
 
 all: release