diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de0a2d41530..80e1a90a199 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 # Determine which qmk cli to use
-ifeq (, $(shell which qmk))
+ifeq (,$(shell which qmk))
     QMK_BIN = bin/qmk
 else
     QMK_BIN = qmk
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ define PARSE_KEYMAP
     # Format it in bold
     KB_SP := $(BOLD)$$(KB_SP)$(NO_COLOR)
     # Specify the variables that we are passing forward to submake
-    MAKE_VARS := KEYBOARD=$$(CURRENT_KB) KEYMAP=$$(CURRENT_KM) REQUIRE_PLATFORM_KEY=$$(REQUIRE_PLATFORM_KEY)
+    MAKE_VARS := KEYBOARD=$$(CURRENT_KB) KEYMAP=$$(CURRENT_KM) REQUIRE_PLATFORM_KEY=$$(REQUIRE_PLATFORM_KEY) QMK_BIN=$$(QMK_BIN)
     # And the first part of the make command
     MAKE_CMD := $$(MAKE) -r -R -C $(ROOT_DIR) -f build_keyboard.mk $$(MAKE_TARGET)
     # The message to display
diff --git a/bin/qmk b/bin/qmk
index 28486026f94..a2af2951c9a 100755
--- a/bin/qmk
+++ b/bin/qmk
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def main():
     """
     # Change to the root of our checkout
     os.environ['ORIG_CWD'] = os.getcwd()
+    os.environ['DEPRECATED_BIN_QMK'] = '1'
     os.chdir(qmk_dir)
 
     print('Warning: The bin/qmk script is being deprecated. Please install the QMK CLI: python3 -m pip install qmk', file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
index ac98376958a..4809365af3f 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def compile_configurator_json(user_keymap, bootloader=None, parallel=1, **env_va
         f'VERBOSE={verbose}',
         f'COLOR={color}',
         'SILENT=false',
-        'QMK_BIN=qmk',
+        f'QMK_BIN={"bin/qmk" if "DEPRECATED_BIN_QMK" in os.environ else "qmk"}',
     ])
 
     return make_command