diff --git a/intl/icu/source/Makefile.in b/intl/icu/source/Makefile.in

--- a/intl/icu/source/Makefile.in

+++ b/intl/icu/source/Makefile.in

@@ -134,32 +134,36 @@ endif

 LOCAL_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS)

 CLEAN_FIRST_SUBDIRS = $(TOOLS)

 $(LIBDIR) $(BINDIR):

 	-$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $@

 ## Recursive targets

+## Strictly speaking, the $(MAKEOVERRIDES) is not necessary when recursing, but

+## there is a bug in GNU make 3.82 that throws away the original overrides in

+## favor of RECURSIVE=YES when the submake in the subdirectory restarts itself

+## after dependency files have been created.

 all-recursive install-recursive clean-recursive distclean-recursive dist-recursive check-recursive check-exhaustive-recursive: $(LIBDIR) $(BINDIR)

 ifneq ($(NEED_ESCAPING),)

 	@echo "building tools/escapesrc (Needed for this platform with NEED_ESCAPING)"

-	@(cd tools/escapesrc && $(MAKE) RECURSIVE=YES $$local_target) || exit

+	@(cd tools/escapesrc && $(MAKE) $(MAKEOVERRIDES) RECURSIVE=YES $$local_target) || exit

 endif

 	@dot_seen=no; \

 	target=`echo $@ | sed s/-recursive//`; \

 	list='$(LOCAL_SUBDIRS)'; for subdir in $$list; do \

 	  echo "$(MAKE)[$(MAKELEVEL)]: Making \`$$target' in \`$$subdir'"; \

 	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \

 	    dot_seen=yes; \

 	    local_target="$$target-local"; \

 	  else \

 	    local_target="$$target"; \

 	  fi; \

-	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) RECURSIVE=YES $$local_target) || exit; \

+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(MAKEOVERRIDES) RECURSIVE=YES $$local_target) || exit; \

 	done; \

 	if test "$$dot_seen" = "no"; then \

 	  $(MAKE) "$$target-local" || exit; \

 	fi

 clean-recursive-with-twist:

 	$(MAKE) clean-recursive LOCAL_SUBDIRS='$(CLEAN_FIRST_SUBDIRS) $(filter-out $(CLEAN_FIRST_SUBDIRS),$(LOCAL_SUBDIRS))'