diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e83aef24517f63903674bc9d88876738dc1c66ea..4037914c918649d0577d94a5a4f9b3a87364de91 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ SCRIPTS=	batch nightly refresh
 
 PAGER?=		less
 
+.MAKE.JOB.PREFIX?=	# tampers with some of our make invokes
+
 all:
 	@cat ${.CURDIR}/README.md | ${PAGER}