diff --git a/c++utilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
index c22332ed..d981491a 100644
--- a/c++utilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -59,14 +60,14 @@ build() {
     -DUSE_STANDARD_FILESYSTEM:BOOL=OFF \
     -DNO_DOXYGEN:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: run tests with qemu
   # * currently getting error
@@ -76,12 +77,12 @@ check() {
   #export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=$prefix
   # use libraries from build directory, prefix and Android NDK
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja tests
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/c++utilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
index f87e44a5..b78b59d2 100644
--- a/c++utilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -59,14 +60,14 @@ build() {
     -DUSE_STANDARD_FILESYSTEM:BOOL=OFF \
     -DNO_DOXYGEN:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: run tests with qemu
   # * currently getting error
@@ -76,12 +77,12 @@ check() {
   #export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=$prefix
   # use libraries from build directory, prefix and Android NDK
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/c++utilities/apple-darwin/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/apple-darwin/PKGBUILD
index 7f9fe1fa..529c9b0f 100644
--- a/c++utilities/apple-darwin/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/apple-darwin/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pkgdesc='Common C++ classes and routines such as argument parser, IO and convers
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('apple-darwin-osxcross')
 optdepends=("$_name-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('clang' 'cmake')
+makedepends=('clang' 'cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('12330ad7b3f745f91bf37193dc872462fd1e14cc13018094a200d424bf346be6')
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="/opt/osxcross/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ build() {
         -DENABLE_THREAD_LOCAL:BOOL=OFF \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-binary-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-binary-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/c++utilities/default/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/default/PKGBUILD
index 322df500..12b5ce16 100644
--- a/c++utilities/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgdesc='Common C++ classes and routines such as argument parser, IO and convers
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('gcc-libs')
 optdepends=("$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
 checkdepends=('cppunit')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
@@ -39,5 +40,5 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/c++utilities/doc/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/doc/PKGBUILD
index 5a65ae34..f7b6aeae 100644
--- a/c++utilities/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='Common C++ classes and routines such as argument parser, IO and conversion utilities (API documentation)'
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('31fd1de5279c1267c049bf8d900a85d38af11d3c8757a934e694dab46f52fc56')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('31fd1de5279c1267c049bf8d900a85d38af11d3c8757a934e694dab46f52fc56')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make c++utilities_apidoc
+  ninja c++utilities_apidoc
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-api-doc
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-api-doc
 }
diff --git a/c++utilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/c++utilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 9bcc7833..e8e0e005 100644
--- a/c++utilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c++utilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-libiconv')
 optdepends=("$_name-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-cppunit' 'mingw-w64-wine')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('31fd1de5279c1267c049bf8d900a85d38af11d3c8757a934e694dab46f52fc56')
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ build() {
         -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ check() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all check || true
+      export WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all
+      ninja check || true
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/dbus-soundrecorder/default/PKGBUILD b/dbus-soundrecorder/default/PKGBUILD
index a5bc8be5..902fd55f 100644
--- a/dbus-soundrecorder/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/dbus-soundrecorder/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='Records sound from Pulse Audio using ffmpeg while watching D-Bus to determine tracks and meta data'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'qt5-base')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qtutilities')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qtutilities')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('1251ae77a6ffb17d30a43c63729e38db4b7d2c2428f889768677065111bd8320')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('1251ae77a6ffb17d30a43c63729e38db4b7d2c2428f889768677065111bd8320')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/geocoordinatecalculator/default/PKGBUILD b/geocoordinatecalculator/default/PKGBUILD
index a279044b..311877b2 100644
--- a/geocoordinatecalculator/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/geocoordinatecalculator/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='Tool for basic calculations with geo coordinates such as format conversions and calculation of distance, bearing, mid point, destination and more'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities')
-makedepends=('cmake')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('b37762f53fd6393d7e80490cb1b47305588319cdd286da947eb306acce80ad73')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('b37762f53fd6393d7e80490cb1b47305588319cdd286da947eb306acce80ad73')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/geocoordinatecalculator/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/geocoordinatecalculator/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 8bfe48c1..665115c8 100644
--- a/geocoordinatecalculator/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/geocoordinatecalculator/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='Tool for basic calculations with geo coordinates such as format conversions and calculation of distance, bearing, mid point, destination and more (mingw-w64)'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-c++utilities')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('b37762f53fd6393d7e80490cb1b47305588319cdd286da947eb306acce80ad73')
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/passwordfile/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD b/passwordfile/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
index 4e3b756e..9e9637de 100644
--- a/passwordfile/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordfile/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pkgdesc="C++ library to read/write passwords from/to encrypted files using AES-2
 license=('GPL')
 depends=("android-$_pkg_arch-c++utilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-openssl")
 optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ build() {
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     -DNO_DOXYGEN:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: run tests with qemu
   # * currently getting error
@@ -71,12 +72,12 @@ check() {
   #export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=$prefix
   # use libraries from build directory, prefix and Android NDK
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/passwordfile/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD b/passwordfile/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
index e9f5c3a1..a55d7a7d 100644
--- a/passwordfile/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordfile/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pkgdesc="C++ library to read/write passwords from/to encrypted files using AES-2
 license=('GPL')
 depends=("android-$_pkg_arch-c++utilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-openssl")
 optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ build() {
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     -DNO_DOXYGEN:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: run tests with qemu
   # * currently getting error
@@ -71,12 +72,12 @@ check() {
   #export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=$prefix
   # use libraries from build directory, prefix and Android NDK
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/passwordfile/default/PKGBUILD b/passwordfile/default/PKGBUILD
index 6e893e51..2b4012af 100644
--- a/passwordfile/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordfile/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgdesc='C++ library to read/write passwords from/to encrypted files using AES-2
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'openssl')
 optdepends=("$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
 checkdepends=('cppunit')
 optdepends=("$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 install=
@@ -23,19 +23,20 @@ sha256sums=('556dc44cc061c57308ba389143eb21a39d6780d7260c0dd8f6382c2bc8aed0f9')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make check
+  ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/passwordfile/doc/PKGBUILD b/passwordfile/doc/PKGBUILD
index ec98c61f..4b1c9844 100644
--- a/passwordfile/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordfile/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='C++ library to read/write passwords from/to encrypted files using AES-256-CBC via OpenSSL (API documentation)'
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('556dc44cc061c57308ba389143eb21a39d6780d7260c0dd8f6382c2bc8aed0f9')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('556dc44cc061c57308ba389143eb21a39d6780d7260c0dd8f6382c2bc8aed0f9')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make ${_name}_apidoc
+  ninja ${_name}_apidoc
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-api-doc
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-api-doc
 }
diff --git a/passwordfile/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/passwordfile/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 8625c07a..bbb9487a 100644
--- a/passwordfile/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordfile/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-c++utilities' 'mingw-w64-openssl')
 optdepends=("$_name-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-cppunit' 'mingw-w64-wine')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('556dc44cc061c57308ba389143eb21a39d6780d7260c0dd8f6382c2bc8aed0f9')
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ check() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all check
+      export WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all
+      ninja check
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/passwordmanager/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD b/passwordmanager/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
index 6e15f64e..45d614b6 100644
--- a/passwordmanager/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordmanager/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pkgdesc="A simple password store using AES-256-CBC encryption via OpenSSL (Andro
 license=('GPL')
 depends=()
 makedepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-passwordfile" "android-$_pkg_arch-qtutilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-kirigami2"
-             'cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk' 'android-platform' 'jdk8-openjdk' 'breeze-icons')
+             'cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk' 'android-platform' 'jdk8-openjdk' 'breeze-icons')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ build() {
   cd build
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ build() {
     -DANDROID_APK_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARY="$android_ndk_root/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/$_android_arch/libc++_shared.so" \
     ..
 
-  make VERBOSE=1
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" passwordmanager_apk
+  ninja
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja passwordmanager_apk
 }
 
 package() {
diff --git a/passwordmanager/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD b/passwordmanager/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
index 011ce565..30a45515 100644
--- a/passwordmanager/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordmanager/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pkgdesc="A simple password store using AES-256-CBC encryption via OpenSSL (Andro
 license=('GPL')
 depends=()
 makedepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-passwordfile" "android-$_pkg_arch-qtutilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-kirigami2"
-             'cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk' 'android-platform' 'jdk8-openjdk' 'breeze-icons')
+             'cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk' 'android-platform' 'jdk8-openjdk' 'breeze-icons')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ build() {
   cd build
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ build() {
     -DANDROID_APK_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARY="$android_ndk_root/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/$_android_arch/libc++_shared.so" \
     ..
 
-  make VERBOSE=1
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" passwordmanager_apk
+  ninja
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja passwordmanager_apk
 }
 
 package() {
diff --git a/passwordmanager/default/PKGBUILD b/passwordmanager/default/PKGBUILD
index 4b62c3a7..bd466e28 100644
--- a/passwordmanager/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordmanager/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='A simple password store using AES-256-CBC encryption via OpenSSL'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('qt5-base' 'qtutilities' 'passwordfile' 'openssl' 'libxkbcommon-x11' 'desktop-file-utils' 'xdg-utils')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa' 'kirigami2')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa' 'kirigami2')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('e6f6c929a52e6df03f2cfff689a0a2165ecca50d1477f49825b3d574fea2bfc6')
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ build() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/passwordmanager/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/passwordmanager/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index b3d23157..f5f117d5 100644
--- a/passwordmanager/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/passwordmanager/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='A simple password store using AES-256-CBC encryption via OpenSSL (mingw-w64)'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qt5-base' 'mingw-w64-qtutilities' 'mingw-w64-passwordfile' 'mingw-w64-openssl')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('e6f6c929a52e6df03f2cfff689a0a2165ecca50d1477f49825b3d574fea2bfc6')
@@ -52,15 +52,16 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         -DQUICK_GUI:BOOL=OFF \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/qtutilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD b/qtutilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
index ee783efa..d97df0ba 100644
--- a/qtutilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qtutilities/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pkgdesc="Common Qt related C++ classes and routines used by my applications such
 license=('GPL')
 depends=("android-$_pkg_arch-c++utilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-qt5")
 optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
     -DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI=$_android_arch \
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ build() {
     -DWIDGETS_GUI=OFF \
     -DQUICK_GUI=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/qtutilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD b/qtutilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
index e9fd3c58..be2cf3bb 100644
--- a/qtutilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qtutilities/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pkgdesc="Common Qt related C++ classes and routines used by my applications such
 license=('GPL')
 depends=("android-$_pkg_arch-c++utilities" "android-$_pkg_arch-qt5")
 optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
     -DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI=$_android_arch \
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ build() {
     -DWIDGETS_GUI=OFF \
     -DQUICK_GUI=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/qtutilities/default/PKGBUILD b/qtutilities/default/PKGBUILD
index 541910c0..bd60e086 100644
--- a/qtutilities/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qtutilities/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='Common Qt related C++ classes and routines used by my applications such as dialogs, widgets and models'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'qt5-base')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
 optdepends=("$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
@@ -20,19 +20,20 @@ sha256sums=('5b5fcf7380dde168c9e4e023b66788dd80c72c59a6e1258e2fdff50366280adc')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen check
+  QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/qtutilities/doc/PKGBUILD b/qtutilities/doc/PKGBUILD
index d4c258f9..98f9a729 100644
--- a/qtutilities/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qtutilities/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='Common Qt related C++ classes and routines used by my applications such as dialogs, widgets and models (API documentation)'
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('5b5fcf7380dde168c9e4e023b66788dd80c72c59a6e1258e2fdff50366280adc')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('5b5fcf7380dde168c9e4e023b66788dd80c72c59a6e1258e2fdff50366280adc')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make ${_name}_apidoc
+  ninja ${_name}_apidoc
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-api-doc
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-api-doc
 }
diff --git a/qtutilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/qtutilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 163bf612..30c14c94 100644
--- a/qtutilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qtutilities/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qt5-base' 'mingw-w64-c++utilities')
 optdepends=("$_name-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-wine')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('5b5fcf7380dde168c9e4e023b66788dd80c72c59a6e1258e2fdff50366280adc')
@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ check() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen check || test "$_cfg" = static
+      export WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all
+      QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen ninja check || test "$_cfg" = static
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD b/rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
index a6b41467..4552c3b1 100644
--- a/rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgdesc='A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API (docum
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/miloyip/$_pkgname"
 license=('MIT')
-makedepends=('doxygen' 'cmake')
+makedepends=('doxygen' 'cmake' 'ninja')
 source=($_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/miloyip/$_pkgname/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz)
 md5sums=('badd12c511e081fec6c89c43a7027bce')
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ build () {
   cd build
 
   cmake \
+      -G Ninja \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
       -DRAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING=ON \
@@ -29,8 +30,7 @@ build () {
       -DRAPIDJSON_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION_OPT=OFF \
       -DDOC_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/share/doc/${_pkgname} \
       ..
-
-  make doc
+  ninja doc
 }
 
 package() {
diff --git a/rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index d1340a6b..c0360de3 100644
--- a/rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pkgdesc='A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API (mingw
 arch=('any')
 url='https://github.com/miloyip/rapidjson'
 license=('MIT')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-wine' 'mingw-w64-gtest' 'gtest' 'python')
 source=($_reponame-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/miloyip/$_reponame/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz)
 md5sums=('badd12c511e081fec6c89c43a7027bce')
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ build () {
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     mkdir -p "build-${_arch}" && pushd "build-${_arch}"
     ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
         -DRAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING=ON \
         -DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_CXX11=ON \
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ build () {
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DGTEST_SOURCE_DIR=/usr/src/gtest \
         ..
-    make
+    ninja
     popd
   done
 }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ package() {
   cd "$_reponame-$pkgver"
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     mkdir -p "build-${_arch}" && pushd "build-${_arch}"
-    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+    DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
     # remove examples
     rm -r "${pkgdir}/usr/${_arch}/share"
     # put cmake files in right directory
diff --git a/reflective-rapidjson/default/PKGBUILD b/reflective-rapidjson/default/PKGBUILD
index f8151220..bd17d926 100644
--- a/reflective-rapidjson/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/reflective-rapidjson/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'rapidjson' "llvm-libs>=${_llvmver}.0.0" "llvm-libs<$((_llvmver + 1)).0.0" 'clang')
 optdepends=("boost: use Boost.Hana instead of code generator"
             "$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'clang-tools-extra' 'llvm')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'clang-tools-extra' 'llvm')
 checkdepends=('cppunit' 'boost')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
@@ -23,19 +23,20 @@ sha256sums=('1e253ca0c63c6432ede1b1d7ad6c828b93eeb47eb1843d7bdc09445be7c1bba6')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make check
+  ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/reflective-rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD b/reflective-rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
index 43bd54e0..3baf5293 100644
--- a/reflective-rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/reflective-rapidjson/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='Code generator for serializing/deserializing C++ objects to/from JSON using Clang and RapidJSON (API documentation)'
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('c++utilities' 'cmake' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'clang' 'clang-tools-extra'  'llvm' 'rapidjson')
+makedepends=('c++utilities' 'cmake' 'ninja' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'clang' 'clang-tools-extra'  'llvm' 'rapidjson')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('1e253ca0c63c6432ede1b1d7ad6c828b93eeb47eb1843d7bdc09445be7c1bba6')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('1e253ca0c63c6432ede1b1d7ad6c828b93eeb47eb1843d7bdc09445be7c1bba6')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make reflective_rapidjson_apidoc
+  ninja reflective_rapidjson_apidoc
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-api-doc
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-api-doc
 }
diff --git a/reflective-rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/reflective-rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 4e4efeb5..1df51506 100644
--- a/reflective-rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/reflective-rapidjson/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-c++utilities' 'mingw-w64-rapidjson' 'reflect
 optdepends=("mingw-w64-boost: use Boost.Hana instead of code generator"
             "$_name-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-cppunit' 'mingw-w64-wine' 'mingw-w64-boost')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('1e253ca0c63c6432ede1b1d7ad6c828b93eeb47eb1843d7bdc09445be7c1bba6')
@@ -46,15 +46,16 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
         -DNO_GENERATOR:BOOL=ON \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ check() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all check
+      export WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all
+      ninja check
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/repoindex/default/PKGBUILD b/repoindex/default/PKGBUILD
index 1fe4fa41..580975bd 100644
--- a/repoindex/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/repoindex/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 pkgdesc='Repository browser for Arch Linux'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('qt5-websockets' 'qt5-webengine' 'karchive' 'c++utilities' 'qtutilities')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'yuicompressor' 'qtutilities')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'yuicompressor' 'qtutilities')
 backup=("etc/${_reponame}.conf")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 options=(emptydirs)
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DWEBVIEW_PROVIDER=webengine \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 package_repoindex() {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ package_repoindex() {
 
   # install files
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-binary install-service install-config install-bash-completion
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-binary install-service install-config install-bash-completion
   rm "$pkgdir/usr/bin/repoindex-gui"
 
   # make directories for cache and data
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ package_repoindex-header() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-header
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-header
 }
 
 package_repoindex-web() {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ package_repoindex-web() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-web
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-web
 }
 
 package_repoindex-gui() {
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ package_repoindex-gui() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-binary install-desktop
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-binary install-desktop
   rm -r "$pkgdir/usr/lib"
   rm "$pkgdir/usr/bin/repoindex"
 }
diff --git a/repoindex/git/PKGBUILD b/repoindex/git/PKGBUILD
index 84a2f0be..19c7d4be 100644
--- a/repoindex/git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/repoindex/git/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 pkgdesc='Repository browser for Arch Linux'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('qt5-base' 'qt5-websockets' 'karchive' 'pacman' 'c++utilities-git')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'git' 'yuicompressor' 'qtutilities-git')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'git' 'yuicompressor' 'qtutilities-git')
 backup=("etc/${_reponame}.conf")
 #provides=("${_name}")
 #conflicts=("${_name}")
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pkgver() {
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING='git' \
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ build() {
     -DCONFIGURATION_TARGET_SUFFIX:STRING='git' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 package_repoindex() {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ package_repoindex() {
 
   # install files
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-binary install-service install-config install-bash-completion
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-binary install-service install-config install-bash-completion
 
   # make directories for cache and data
   mkdir -p "$pkgdir/var/cache/$_reponame"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ package_repoindex-header() {
   cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-header
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-header
 }
 
 package_repoindex-web() {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ package_repoindex-web() {
   cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-web
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-web
 }
 
 package_repoindex-gui() {
@@ -97,5 +98,5 @@ package_repoindex-gui() {
   cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr"
 
   # install files
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-binary-gui install-desktop
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-binary-gui install-desktop
 }
diff --git a/syncthingtray/default/PKGBUILD b/syncthingtray/default/PKGBUILD
index 23032db0..5ca22d46 100644
--- a/syncthingtray/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/syncthingtray/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ depends=('qtutilities' 'qt5-svg' 'openssl' 'desktop-file-utils' 'xdg-utils')
 [[ $_js_provider == qml ]] && depends+=('qt5-declarative')
 [[ $_enable_kio_plugin ]] && optdepends+=('kio: KIO plugin for Syncthing actions in Dolphin')
 [[ $_enable_plasmoid ]] && optdepends+=('plasma-workspace: Plasmoid for Plasma 5 desktop')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
 checkdepends=('cppunit' 'syncthing' 'iproute2')
 [[ $_enable_kio_plugin ]] && makedepends+=('kio')
 [[ $_enable_plasmoid ]] && makedepends+=('plasma-framework' 'extra-cmake-modules')
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ build() {
   [[ $_enable_plasmoid ]] || additional_args+=' -DNO_PLASMOID=ON'
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
@@ -65,15 +66,15 @@ build() {
     -DSYSTEMD_SUPPORT=ON \
     $additional_args \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make SYNCTHING_PORT=$(ephemeral_port) SYNCTHING_TEST_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=3 check
+  SYNCTHING_PORT=$(ephemeral_port) SYNCTHING_TEST_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=3 ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/syncthingtray/git/PKGBUILD b/syncthingtray/git/PKGBUILD
index 562ecf53..43c5aa50 100644
--- a/syncthingtray/git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/syncthingtray/git/PKGBUILD
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ depends=('qtutilities-git' 'qt5-svg' 'openssl' 'desktop-file-utils' 'xdg-utils')
 [[ $_js_provider == qml ]] && depends+=('qt5-declarative')
 [[ $_enable_kio_plugin ]] && optdepends+=('kio: KIO plugin for Syncthing actions in Dolphin')
 [[ $_enable_plasmoid ]] && optdepends+=('plasma-workspace: Plasmoid for Plasma 5 desktop')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'git' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'git' 'mesa')
 checkdepends=('cppunit' 'syncthing' 'iproute2')
 [[ $_enable_kio_plugin ]] && makedepends+=('kio')
 [[ $_enable_plasmoid ]] && makedepends+=('plasma-framework' 'extra-cmake-modules')
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/syncthingtray/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/syncthingtray/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 4e0043b5..f4744fb0 100644
--- a/syncthingtray/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/syncthingtray/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qt5-svg' 'mingw-w64-qtutilities' 'mingw-w64-
 [[ $_webview_provider == webengine ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-webengine')
 [[ $_js_provider == script ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-script')
 [[ $_js_provider == qml ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-declarative')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg' 'ninja')
 [[ $_enable_libsyncthing == ON ]] && makedepends+=('git' 'go')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ build() {
         -DUSE_LIBSYNCTHING:BOOL="${_enable_libsyncthing}" \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/tageditor/cli/PKGBUILD b/tageditor/cli/PKGBUILD
index d4139f6b..ea905e68 100644
--- a/tageditor/cli/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tageditor/cli/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='A tag editor with command-line interface supporting MP4/M4A/AAC (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC and Matroska (GUI disabled)'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'tagparser')
-makedepends=('cmake')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
 conflicts=("${pkgname%-cli}")
 provides=("${pkgname%-cli}")
 [[ $_json_export == ON ]] && makedepends+=('reflective-rapidjson')
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ sha256sums=('475ddab587ab7330d147d881c7020cb4dc09b1978af87bf606d714ea21929a8d')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
@@ -37,13 +38,13 @@ build() {
     -DENABLE_JSON_EXPORT="${_json_export}" \
     -DREFLECTION_GENERATOR_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH='/usr/bin/reflective_rapidjson_generator' \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   if [[ $TEST_FILE_PATH ]]; then
-    make check
+    ninja check
   else
     msg2 'Skipping execution of testsuite because the environment variable TEST_FILE_PATH is not set.'
   fi
@@ -51,5 +52,5 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/tageditor/default/PKGBUILD b/tageditor/default/PKGBUILD
index a585801e..7ea49f3b 100644
--- a/tageditor/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tageditor/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ depends=('qtutilities' 'tagparser' 'desktop-file-utils' 'xdg-utils')
 [[ $_webview_provider == webengine ]] && depends+=('qt5-webengine')
 [[ $_js_provider == script ]] && depends+=('qt5-script')
 [[ $_js_provider == qml ]] && depends+=('qt5-declarative')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
 [[ $_json_export == ON ]] && makedepends+=('reflective-rapidjson')
 checkdepends=('cppunit' 'jq')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ sha256sums=('6ad8f190ca0f2133c3a0cd508248329a80abc89a20629c20e0c2835329e2812c')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
@@ -43,13 +44,13 @@ build() {
     -DENABLE_JSON_EXPORT="${_json_export}" \
     -DREFLECTION_GENERATOR_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH='/usr/bin/reflective_rapidjson_generator' \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   if [[ $TEST_FILE_PATH ]]; then
-    make check
+    ninja check
   else
     msg2 'Skipping execution of testsuite because the environment variable TEST_FILE_PATH is not set.'
   fi
@@ -57,5 +58,5 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/tageditor/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/tageditor/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 24fe16dc..bc92dc74 100644
--- a/tageditor/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tageditor/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qtutilities' 'mingw-w64-tagparser')
 [[ $_webview_provider == webengine ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-webengine')
 [[ $_js_provider == script ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-script')
 [[ $_js_provider == qml ]] && depends+=('mingw-w64-qt5-declarative')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg' 'ninja')
 [[ $_json_export == ON ]] && makedepends+=('mingw-w64-reflective-rapidjson')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ build() {
         -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/tagparser/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD b/tagparser/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
index 4e691ad7..79becd23 100644
--- a/tagparser/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tagparser/android-aarch64/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit" "android-$_pkg_arch-openssl")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 #conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 #replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
     -DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI=$_android_arch \
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ build() {
     -DNO_DOXYGEN=ON \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: see c++utilities
 
@@ -71,12 +72,12 @@ check() {
   #fi
 
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/tagparser/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD b/tagparser/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
index 5b801df2..ad51055a 100644
--- a/tagparser/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tagparser/android-armv7a-eabi/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ optdepends=("$_pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=("android-$_pkg_arch-cppunit" "android-$_pkg_arch-openssl")
 # FIXME: run tests with qemu
 #checkdepends+=('qemu-binfmt-arm' "android-$_pkg_arch-linker")
-makedepends=('cmake' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'android-ndk' 'android-sdk')
 #conflicts=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 #replaces=("android-$_pkgname-$_android_arch")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ build() {
   local include_dir=$_prefix/include
 
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
     -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=$_android_platform \
     -DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI=$_android_arch \
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ build() {
     -DNO_DOXYGEN=ON \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make VERBOSE=1
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
 
   # can not run the tests so compile them at least
-  make tests VERBOSE=1
+  ninja tests
 
   # FIXME: see c++utilities
 
@@ -71,12 +72,12 @@ check() {
   #fi
 
   #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$prefix/lib:$android_ndk_path/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/arm64-v8a:$android_ndk_path/platforms/android-28/arch-arm64/usr/lib
-  #make check VERBOSE=1
+  #ninja check
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 
   # add tests to the package for possibly executing them later under Android
   if [[ -f ${_pkgname}_tests ]]; then
diff --git a/tagparser/default/PKGBUILD b/tagparser/default/PKGBUILD
index ecaf11b5..5880fd20 100644
--- a/tagparser/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tagparser/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='C++ library for reading and writing MP4/M4A/AAC (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC and Matroska tags'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('c++utilities' 'zlib')
-makedepends=('cmake')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
 checkdepends=('cppunit' 'openssl')
 optdepends=("$pkgname-doc: API documentation")
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
@@ -21,17 +21,18 @@ sha256sums=('05538d4e034f5f008f1b253b7612b6519bb98d566347045bc3b76d5a3b5a7830')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   if [[ $TEST_FILE_PATH ]]; then
-    make check
+    ninja check
   else
     msg2 'Skipping execution of testsuite because the environment variable TEST_FILE_PATH is not set.'
   fi
@@ -39,5 +40,5 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/tagparser/doc/PKGBUILD b/tagparser/doc/PKGBUILD
index 613c83b5..8b115868 100644
--- a/tagparser/doc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tagparser/doc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='C++ library for reading and writing MP4/M4A/AAC (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC and Matroska tags (API documentation)'
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'doxygen' 'dia' 'graphviz' 'c++utilities')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('05538d4e034f5f008f1b253b7612b6519bb98d566347045bc3b76d5a3b5a7830')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('05538d4e034f5f008f1b253b7612b6519bb98d566347045bc3b76d5a3b5a7830')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make ${_name}_apidoc
+  ninja ${_name}_apidoc
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-api-doc
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-api-doc
 }
diff --git a/tagparser/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/tagparser/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 4f5ae39c..fdcd67cf 100644
--- a/tagparser/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/tagparser/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-c++utilities>=4.5.0' 'mingw-w64-zlib')
 optdepends=("$_name-doc: API documentation")
 checkdepends=('mingw-w64-cppunit' 'mingw-w64-wine' 'mingw-w64-openssl')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('05538d4e034f5f008f1b253b7612b6519bb98d566347045bc3b76d5a3b5a7830')
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:STRING="-${_cfg}" \
-	-DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
+        -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ check() {
     for _cfg in 'static'; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all check
+      export WINEPATH="/usr/${_arch}/bin" WINEDEBUG=-all
+      ninja check
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done
diff --git a/videodownloader/default/PKGBUILD b/videodownloader/default/PKGBUILD
index 022d9628..ff93041a 100644
--- a/videodownloader/default/PKGBUILD
+++ b/videodownloader/default/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 pkgdesc='A video downloader with Qt GUI (currently only YouTube and Vimeo are maintained)'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('qtutilities' 'openssl' 'desktop-file-utils' 'xdg-utils')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'qt5-tools' 'mesa')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('59adbb242250235d0e580fbb858c3eb30c724f5463defc49330015e2233927ed')
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ sha256sums=('59adbb242250235d0e580fbb858c3eb30c724f5463defc49330015e2233927ed')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
   cmake \
+    -G Ninja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
     .
-  make
+  ninja
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install
 }
diff --git a/videodownloader/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/videodownloader/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index bb572178..c454382e 100644
--- a/videodownloader/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/videodownloader/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='A video downloader with Qt GUI (currently only YouTube and Vimeo are maintained, mingw-w64)'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qtutilities')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg')
+makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc' 'mingw-w64-cmake' 'mingw-w64-qt5-tools' 'ffmpeg' 'ninja')
 url="https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}"
 source=("${_name}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/${_reponame}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('59adbb242250235d0e580fbb858c3eb30c724f5463defc49330015e2233927ed')
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ build() {
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       mkdir -p "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}" && pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       ${_arch}-cmake \
+        -G Ninja \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING='Release' \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/${_arch}" \
         -DCONFIGURATION_NAME:STRING="${_cfg}" \
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ build() {
         -DENABLE_TARGETS_FOR_MINGW64_CROSS_PACKAGING:BOOL=ON \
         ${_config_flags[$_cfg]} \
         ../
-      make
+      ninja
       popd
     done
   done
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ package() {
     for _cfg in "${_configurations[@]}"; do
       msg2 "${_arch}-${_cfg}"
       pushd "build-${_arch}-${_cfg}"
-      make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install-mingw-w64-strip
+      DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja install-mingw-w64-strip
       popd
     done
   done