diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51075df3f..35d031da6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CORE_PKGVERSION=	${CORE_VERSION}
 
 CORE_ABI?=	20.1
 CORE_ARCH?=	${ARCH}
-CORE_FLAVOUR=	${FLAVOUR}
+CORE_FLAVOUR?=	${FLAVOUR}
 
 CORE_OPENVPN?=	# empty
 CORE_PHP?=	72