--- a/libc/configure.in
+++ b/libc/configure.in
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@
   critic_missing="$critic_missing gcc")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKE, gnumake gmake make, --version,
   [GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
-  [3.79* | 3.[89]*], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
+  [3.79* | 3.[89]* | 4.* ], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MSGFMT, gnumsgfmt gmsgfmt msgfmt, --version,
   [GNU gettext.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],