diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 183756018f..02a257584b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -141,8 +141,13 @@ MAKE.n = $(findstring n,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
 MAKE.k = $(findstring k,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
 MAKE.q = $(findstring q,$(firstword $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
 MAKE.nq = $(if $(word 2, $(MAKE.n) $(MAKE.q)),nq)
-NINJAFLAGS = $(if $V,-v) $(if $(MAKE.n), -n) $(if $(MAKE.k), -k0) \
-        $(or $(filter -l% -j%, $(MAKEFLAGS)), $(if $(filter --jobserver-auth=%, $(MAKEFLAGS)),, -j1)) \
+NINJAFLAGS = \
+        $(if $V,-v) \
+        $(if $(MAKE.n), -n) \
+        $(if $(MAKE.k), -k0) \
+        $(filter-out -j, \
+          $(or $(filter -l% -j%, $(MAKEFLAGS)), \
+               $(if $(filter --jobserver-auth=%, $(MAKEFLAGS)),, -j1))) \
         -d keepdepfile
 ninja-cmd-goals = $(or $(MAKECMDGOALS), all)
 ninja-cmd-goals += $(foreach g, $(MAKECMDGOALS), $(.ninja-goals.$g))