diff --git a/naiveproxy/Makefile b/naiveproxy/Makefile
index 1b6119acb..c8ea432b3 100644
--- a/naiveproxy/Makefile
+++ b/naiveproxy/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/feeds/packages/devel/ninja/ninja.mk),)
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS+= ninja/host
 endif
+NINJA ?= ninja
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1