1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/Makefile.in b/debianutils/Makefile.in
index ffdb7abdc..4f72c233c 100644
--- a/debianutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/debianutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
 
-srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/debianutils
-objdir=$(top_builddir)/debianutils
+srcdir:=$(top_srcdir)/debianutils
+objdir:=$(top_builddir)/debianutils
 
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKTEMP)            += mktemp.o
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_PIPE_PROGRESS)     += pipe_progress.o
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ APPLET_SRC-a+=$(DEBIANUTILS_SRC-a)
 
 debianutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(DEBIANUTILS-y))
 
+$(debianutils_OBJ): $(objdir)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
+$(objdir)/debianutils.a: $(debianutils_OBJ)
+libraries-y:=$(libraries-y) $(objdir)/debianutils.a
+