diff -urN make.orig/job.c make/job.c
--- make.orig/job.c	2014-01-25 16:59:36.959167700 +0000
+++ make/job.c	2014-01-25 17:04:14.132864300 +0000
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@
   sigaction (SIGCLD, &sa, NULL);
 #endif
 #if defined SIGALRM
+#if 0
   if (set_alarm)
     {
       /* If we're about to enter the read(), set an alarm to wake up in a
@@ -1121,6 +1122,26 @@
       sa.sa_flags = 0;
       sigaction (SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
     }
+#else /* 0 */
+  /* From http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41341 */
+  if (set_alarm)
+    {
+      if(set_handler)
+        {
+          sa.sa_handler = job_noop;
+          sa.sa_flags = 0;
+          sigaction (SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+          alarm (1);
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          alarm (0);
+          sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+          sa.sa_flags = 0;
+          sigaction (SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+        }
+    }
+#endif /* 0 */
 #endif
 }
 #endif