diff --git a/t/sanity.t b/t/sanity.t
index 95286e1..4c2d777 100644
--- a/t/sanity.t
+++ b/t/sanity.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use t::Config;
 
-plan tests => 96;
+plan tests => 100;
 
 #no_diff();
 
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ Options directly inherited from nginx
                                      pentium, pentiumpro, pentium3, pentium4,
                                      athlon, opteron, sparc32, sparc64, ppc64
 
+  --with-make=PATH                   specify the default make utility to be used
+
   --without-pcre                     disable PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre                        force PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre=DIR                    set path to PCRE library sources
@@ -185,8 +187,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -232,8 +234,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ clean:
 
 === TEST 4: --with-http_ssl_module & --without-http_ssl_module
 --- cmd: ./configure --with-http_ssl_module --without-http_ssl_module
---- exit: 255
+--- exit: 2
 --- err
 --with-http_ssl_module conflicts with --without-http_ssl_module.
 --- out
@@ -291,8 +293,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -339,8 +341,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -388,8 +390,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -436,8 +438,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install TARGET_STRIP=@: PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -521,8 +523,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/opt/blah/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/opt/blah/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/opt/blah/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/opt/blah/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -699,6 +701,8 @@ Options directly inherited from nginx
                                      pentium, pentiumpro, pentium3, pentium4,
                                      athlon, opteron, sparc32, sparc64, ppc64
 
+  --with-make=PATH                   specify the default make utility to be used
+
   --without-pcre                     disable PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre                        force PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre=DIR                    set path to PCRE library sources
@@ -736,8 +740,8 @@ platform: solaris (solaris)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make solaris
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake solaris
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -783,8 +787,8 @@ platform: solaris (solaris)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make solaris
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake solaris
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -831,8 +835,8 @@ platform: solaris (solaris)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make solaris
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake solaris
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -878,7 +882,7 @@ clean:
 platform: linux (linux)
 --- err
 The http_drizzle_module is not enabled while --with-libdrizzle is specified.
---- exit: 255
+--- exit: 2
 
 
 
@@ -891,8 +895,8 @@ cd build
 export LIBDRIZZLE_LIB='/opt/drizzle/lib'
 export LIBDRIZZLE_INC='/opt/drizzle/include/libdrizzle-1.0'
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -941,8 +945,8 @@ platform: solaris (solaris)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make CC=gcc-4.2 solaris
-make install CC=gcc-4.2 INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake CC=gcc-4.2 solaris
+gmake install CC=gcc-4.2 INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -988,8 +992,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make CCDEBUG=-g Q= PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install CCDEBUG=-g Q= PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake CCDEBUG=-g Q= PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install CCDEBUG=-g Q= PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -1038,8 +1042,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta8
-make CCDEBUG=-g Q= CC=cl PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
-make install CCDEBUG=-g Q= CC=cl PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
+gmake CCDEBUG=-g Q= CC=cl PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit
+gmake install CCDEBUG=-g Q= CC=cl PREFIX=/usr/local/openresty/luajit DESTDIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root
 export LUAJIT_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/lib'
 export LUAJIT_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/luajit-root/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.0'
 cd ..
@@ -1087,7 +1091,7 @@ clean:
 platform: linux (linux)
 --- err
 The http_postgres_module is not enabled while --with-libpq is specified.
---- exit: 255
+--- exit: 2
 
 
 
@@ -1100,8 +1104,8 @@ cd build
 export LIBPQ_LIB='/opt/postgres/lib'
 export LIBPQ_INC='/opt/postgres/include'
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -1150,8 +1154,8 @@ platform: linux (linux)
 cp -rp bundle/ build/
 cd build
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -1218,8 +1222,8 @@ cd build
 export LIBPQ_LIB='/usr/lib64'
 export LIBPQ_INC='/usr/include'
 cd lua-5.1.4
-make linux
-make install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
 export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
 export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
 cd ..
@@ -1267,5 +1271,54 @@ clean:
 platform: linux (linux)
 --- err
 The http_postgres_module is not enabled while --with-pg_config is specified.
---- exit: 255
+--- exit: 2
+
+
+
+=== TEST 27: --with-make option
+--- cmd: ./configure --with-make=make --dry-run
+--- out
+platform: linux (linux)
+cp -rp bundle/ build/
+cd build
+cd lua-5.1.4
+make linux
+make install INSTALL_TOP=/home/agentz/git/ngx_openresty/ngx_openresty-1.0.4.2rc8/build/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+export LUA_LIB='/home/agentz/git/ngx_openresty/ngx_openresty-1.0.4.2rc8/build/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
+export LUA_INC='/home/agentz/git/ngx_openresty/ngx_openresty-1.0.4.2rc8/build/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
+cd ..
+cd nginx-1.0.4
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openresty/nginx \
+  --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.2.17 \
+  --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.37rc1 \
+  --add-module=../xss-nginx-module-0.03rc3 \
+  --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.22rc2 \
+  --add-module=../form-input-nginx-module-0.07rc5 \
+  --add-module=../encrypted-session-nginx-module-0.01 \
+  --add-module=../ngx_lua-0.2.1rc3 \
+  --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.15 \
+  --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.12 \
+  --add-module=../array-var-nginx-module-0.03rc1 \
+  --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.12 \
+  --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.07 \
+  --add-module=../upstream-keepalive-nginx-module-0.3 \
+  --add-module=../auth-request-nginx-module-0.2 \
+  --add-module=../rds-json-nginx-module-0.12rc1 \
+  --with-http_ssl_module
+cd ../..
+--- err
+--- makefile
+.PHONY: all install clean
+
+all:
+	cd build/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) linux
+	cd build/nginx-1.0.4 && $(MAKE)
+
+install:
+	cd build/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) install INSTALL_TOP=$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/openresty/lua
+	cd build/nginx-1.0.4 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf build
+--- exit: 0
 
diff --git a/util/configure b/util/configure
index 669520a..bbaa1e0 100755
--- a/util/configure
+++ b/util/configure
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ for my $opt (@ARGV) {
         next;
     }
 
+    if ($opt =~ /^--with-make=(.*)/) {
+        $resty_opts{make} = $1;
+        next;
+    }
+
     if ($opt =~ /^--prefix=(.*)/) {
         $prefix = $1;
 
@@ -261,6 +266,26 @@ sub cd ($) {
 sub build_resty_opts {
     my $opts = shift;
 
+    my $make;
+
+    if ($opts->{make}) {
+        $make = $opts->{make};
+        if (! can_run($make)) {
+            die "make utility $make cannot be run.\n";
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        if (can_run("gmake")) {
+            $make = 'gmake';
+
+        } elsif (can_run("make")) {
+            $make = "make";
+
+        } else {
+            die "No gmake nor make found in PATH.\n";
+        }
+    }
+
     if ($opts->{no_ndk}) {
         for my $name (qw(lua set_misc iconv lz_session form_input array_var)) {
             if (! $opts->{"no_http_$name"}) {
@@ -398,9 +423,9 @@ sub build_resty_opts {
             $extra_opts .= " CC=$cc";
         }
 
-        shell "make$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix", $dry_run;
+        shell "${make}$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix", $dry_run;
 
-        shell "make install$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=$luajit_root", $dry_run;
+        shell "${make} install$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix DESTDIR=$luajit_root", $dry_run;
 
         push @make_cmds, "cd build/$luajit_src && "
             . "\$(MAKE)$extra_opts PREFIX=$luajit_prefix";
@@ -441,8 +466,8 @@ sub build_resty_opts {
             $extra_opts .= " CC=$cc";
         }
 
-        shell "make$extra_opts $platform", $dry_run;
-        shell "make install$extra_opts INSTALL_TOP=$lua_root$lua_prefix", $dry_run;
+        shell "${make}$extra_opts $platform", $dry_run;
+        shell "${make} install$extra_opts INSTALL_TOP=$lua_root$lua_prefix", $dry_run;
 
         env LUA_LIB => "$lua_root$lua_prefix/lib";
         env LUA_INC => "$lua_root$lua_prefix/include";
@@ -648,6 +673,8 @@ Options directly inherited from nginx
                                      pentium, pentiumpro, pentium3, pentium4,
                                      athlon, opteron, sparc32, sparc64, ppc64
 
+  --with-make=PATH                   specify the default make utility to be used
+
   --without-pcre                     disable PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre                        force PCRE library usage
   --with-pcre=DIR                    set path to PCRE library sources
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index a842314..e34d768 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.0.4
-minor_ver=2rc8
+minor_ver=2rc9
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version