diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 70eb135a1e..174af43917 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ (define-public gnu-make-4.2
                (base32
                 "12f5zzyq2w56g95nni65hc0g5p7154033y2f3qmjvd016szn5qnn"))))
     (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags '("CFLAGS=-D__alloca=alloca")
+     `(#:configure-flags '("CFLAGS=-D__alloca=alloca -D__stat=stat")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-before 'build 'set-default-shell