diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a6175189..12c1f4780 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ macro(add_RunCMake_test test)
     -DRunCMake_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
     -DRunCMake_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}
     -DRunCMake_GENERATOR_TOOLSET=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}
+    -DRunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM=${CMake_TEST_EXPLICIT_MAKE_PROGRAM}
     -DRunCMake_SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${test}
     -DRunCMake_BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${test}
     ${${test}_ARGS}
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
index 1625741fe..23f2f97ec 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ function(run_cmake test)
   if(APPLE)
     list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0025=NEW)
   endif()
+  if(RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM)
+    list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
+  endif()
   if(RunCMake_TEST_COMMAND)
     execute_process(
       COMMAND ${RunCMake_TEST_COMMAND}