diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72b469e01..142fcda62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LIB_RELEASE_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/build/Release"
 LIB_RELWITHDEBINFO_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/build/RelWithDebInfo"
 LIB_XRAY_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/build/Xray"
 DUCKDB_WASM_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/packages/duckdb/src/wasm"
-TARGET=eh
+TARGET?=eh
 
 DUCKDB_HASH=${shell cd submodules/duckdb && git reflog -n 1 | head -c 10}