diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 827838a0fa8d..0419a3cbafea 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ _tcsh=bin/csh
 _libmagic=lib/libmagic
 .endif
 
-.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
+.if ${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64"
 _jevents=lib/libpmc/pmu-events
 .endif