diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 86383cb..155fd68 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ module=$(yq e '.module' $MODULEYAML)
 repo=$(yq e '.repo' $MODULEYAML)
 branch=$(yq e '.branch' $MODULEYAML)
 commit=$(yq e '.commit' $MODULEYAML)
+makefile=$(yq e '.makefile' $MODULEYAML)
+
+builddir="$WORKDIR/$module"
+if [ $makefile != null ]; then
+make_args=" -f $makefile"
+fi
 
 if [ -z "$commit" ]; then
   echo "Error no tag or commit specified"
@@ -28,7 +34,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$branch" ]; then
   branch_arg="-b $branch"
 fi
 
-builddir="$WORKDIR/$module"
 if [ ! -d "${builddir}" ]; then
   git clone $repo $builddir $branch_arg
 else
@@ -37,5 +42,5 @@ else
   git -C $builddir checkout $commit
 fi
 
-make -C $builddir $2 MODULE=$module ARCH_FILTER="RHEL8%" 
+make -C $builddir $make_args $2 MODULE=$module ARCH_FILTER="RHEL8%"