diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index dc0e972ba99..78f9315817a 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ else
 ifneq ($(CROSSBUILD),1)
 
 ifneq ($(OS2_SHELL),)
-TARGETOS = win32
+TARGETOS = os2
 else
 
 UNAME = $(shell uname -a)