diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0194e90b5017f47792fc1e3cc6942f8706b91020..6ae56c491ce3cdc4450a21032a1fe650bc6c394c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rabbitmq-server (3.8.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
       version 23 (Closes: #964038).
   * Re-add debian/gbp.conf as the package is using pristine-tar.
   * Rebased lets-use-python3-not-python-binary.patch.
+  * Add rabbitmq-dist.mk.patch to fix build with make 4.3 (Closes: 964636)
 
  -- Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:57:57 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/rabbitmq-dist.mk.patch b/debian/patches/rabbitmq-dist.mk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a563d3f97796de18cad322675a5343c702f8fdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/rabbitmq-dist.mk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+make 4.3 compatibility change
+Index: rabbit_salsa_my_new/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-dist.mk
+===================================================================
+--- rabbit_salsa_my_new.orig/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-dist.mk
++++ rabbit_salsa_my_new/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-dist.mk
+@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ $$(dist_$(1)_ez): $$(if $$(wildcard $(3)
+ ifeq ($$(shell test -f $(3)/rabbitmq-components.mk \
+ 	&& grep -q '^list-dist-deps::' $(3)/Makefile && echo yes),yes)
+ $$(dist_$(1)_ez): $$(patsubst %,$(3)/%, \
+-	$$(shell $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(3) list-dist-deps \
+-	APP=$(1) VSN=$(2) EZ_DIR=$$(abspath $$(dist_$(1)_ez_dir))))
++	$$(shell env MAKEFLAGS=--no-print-directory $$(MAKE) -C $(3) list-dist-deps \
++	APP=$(1) VSN=$(2) EZ_DIR=$$(abspath $$(dist_$(1)_ez_dir)) 2>/dev/null))
+ endif
+ 
+ ERLANGMK_DIST_APPS += $(1)
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8a99d5163f8101e5f0eea50912ec10ea7dbfbfa8..fbc189ab7f0bad761f3120cf5dcda6f9a013dbdc 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 lets-use-python3-not-python-binary.patch
+rabbitmq-dist.mk.patch