diff --git a/Directory.mk b/Directory.mk
index 82bb719c7..b0d475778 100644
--- a/Directory.mk
+++ b/Directory.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ all: nothing
 
 define SDIR_template
 $(1)_$(2):
-	$(Q) cd $(1) $(MAKE) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)"
+	$(Q) cd $(1) && $(MAKE) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)"
 endef
 
 $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),preconfig)))
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4093b0ed7..e5cdd6d72 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ all: $(BIN)
 .PHONY: import install dirlinks context context_serialize context_rest .depdirs preconfig depend clean distclean
 
 define MAKE_template
-	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C $(1) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BIN_DIR="$(BIN_DIR)"
+	$(Q) cd $(1) && $(MAKE) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BIN_DIR="$(BIN_DIR)"
 
 endef
 
 define SDIR_template
 $(1)_$(2):
-	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C $(1) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BIN_DIR="$(BIN_DIR)"
+	$(Q) cd $(1) && $(MAKE) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BIN_DIR="$(BIN_DIR)"
 
 endef