diff --git a/Application.mk b/Application.mk
index 92b61a09d..fa033c027 100644
--- a/Application.mk
+++ b/Application.mk
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ endif
 # Module install directory
 
 ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
-  BIN = "${shell cygpath -w $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)libapps$(LIBEXT)}"
+  BIN ?= "${shell cygpath -w $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)libapps$(LIBEXT)}"
   INSTALL_DIR = "${shell cygpath -w $(BINDIR)}"
 else
-  BIN = $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)libapps$(LIBEXT)
+  BIN ?= $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)libapps$(LIBEXT)
   INSTALL_DIR = $(BINDIR)
 endif
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ VPATH += :.
 
 all:: .built
 .PHONY: clean preconfig depend distclean
-.PRECIOUS: $(APPDIR)/libapps$(LIBEXT)
+.PRECIOUS: $(BIN)
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE),y)
 
diff --git a/Make.defs b/Make.defs
index ebb5b5ed5..3d5c2a792 100644
--- a/Make.defs
+++ b/Make.defs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ define REGISTER
 endef
 else
 define REGISTER
-	$(Q) echo "Register: $1  $4"
+	$(Q) echo "Register: $1"
 	$(Q) echo "{ \"$1\", $2, $3, $4 }," > "$(BUILTIN_REGISTRY)$(DELIM)$1.bdat"
 	$(Q) if [ ! -z $4 ]; then \
 	        echo "int $4(int argc, char *argv[]);" > "$(BUILTIN_REGISTRY)$(DELIM)$1.pdat"; \
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ CFLAGS   += ${shell $(INCDIR) $(INCDIROPT) "$(CC)" "$(APPDIR)$(DELIM)include"}
 CXXFLAGS += ${shell $(INCDIR) $(INCDIROPT) "$(CC)" "$(APPDIR)$(DELIM)include"}
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
-  LDLIBS = $(APPDIR)/libapps.a
+  LDLIBS ?= $(APPDIR)/libapps.a
 endif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4852575fb..acbf290b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BINDIR = $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)bin
 
 # The final build target
 
-BIN = libapps$(LIBEXT)
+BIN ?= libapps$(LIBEXT)
 
 # Symbol table for loadable apps.
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ SYMTABOBJ = $(SYMTABSRC:.c=$(OBJEXT))
 
 all: $(BIN)
 .PHONY: import install dirlinks context context_serialize clean_context context_rest export .depdirs preconfig depend clean distclean
-.PRECIOUS: libapps$(LIBEXT)
+.PRECIOUS: $(BIN)
 
 define MAKE_template
 	$(Q) cd $(1) && $(MAKE) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BINDIR="$(BINDIR)"