diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 set(LLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS "" CACHE STRING
   "Define the maximum number of concurrent compilation jobs (Ninja only).")
 if(LLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS)
-  if(NOT CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM MATCHES "ninja")
+  if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
     message(WARNING "Job pooling is only available with Ninja generators.")
   else()
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY JOB_POOLS compile_job_pool=${LLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS})
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 set(LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS "" CACHE STRING
   "Define the maximum number of concurrent link jobs (Ninja only).")
-if(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM MATCHES "ninja")
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
   if(NOT LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS AND uppercase_LLVM_ENABLE_LTO STREQUAL "THIN")
     message(STATUS "ThinLTO provides its own parallel linking - limiting parallel link jobs to 2.")
     set(LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS "2")