diff --git a/classes/compat/make-4.3.yaml b/classes/compat/make-4.3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b46341dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/compat/make-4.3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+jobServer: "pipe"
+
+depends:
+    - name: devel::make
+      environment:
+          DEVEL__MAKE_VERSION: "4.3"
+          DEVEL__MAKE_DIGEST: "e05fdde47c5f7ca45cb697e973894ff4f5d79e13b750ed57d7b66d8defc78e19"
+      use: [tools]
+      tools:
+          target-toolchain: host-compat-toolchain
diff --git a/recipes/devel/make.yaml b/recipes/devel/make.yaml
index adf54fd3..6d9501be 100644
--- a/recipes/devel/make.yaml
+++ b/recipes/devel/make.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 inherit: [cpackage, libtool, install, "basement::update-config"]
 
 metaEnvironment:
-    PKG_VERSION: "4.4.1"
+    PKG_VERSION: "${DEVEL__MAKE_VERSION:-4.4.1}"
     PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-3.0-only"
 
 checkoutSCM:
     scm: url
     url: ${GNU_MIRROR}/make/make-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-    digestSHA256: "dd16fb1d67bfab79a72f5e8390735c49e3e8e70b4945a15ab1f81ddb78658fb3"
+    digestSHA256: "${DEVEL__MAKE_DIGEST:-dd16fb1d67bfab79a72f5e8390735c49e3e8e70b4945a15ab1f81ddb78658fb3}"
     stripComponents: 1
 
 # We do not build make with make. Instead call the manual build script that is
diff --git a/recipes/libs/compat/glibc.yaml b/recipes/libs/compat/glibc.yaml
index 9df3ce95..7ca1c608 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/compat/glibc.yaml
+++ b/recipes/libs/compat/glibc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-inherit: [make, patch, strip]
+# glibc <= 2.31 fails to build with make 4.4
+# see: https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/1946
+
+inherit: [make, patch, strip, 'compat::make-4.3']
 
 depends:
     - kernel::linux-libc-headers