diff --git a/default.mk b/default.mk
index 20ce2a4f..8f32e94f 100644
--- a/default.mk
+++ b/default.mk
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ ECHODIR ?= true
 _SUBDIR = @${_+_}for x in ${SUBDIR}; do \
 		if test -d $$x; then \
 			${ECHODIR} "===> ${DIRPRFX}$$x ($@)"; \
-			${MAKE} -C $$x $@ DIRPRFX=${DIRPRFX}$$x/ || exit $$?; \
+			cd $$x; \
+			${MAKE} $@ DIRPRFX=${DIRPRFX}$$x/ || exit $$?; \
+			cd ..; \
 		fi; \
 		if test -d $$x.${OS}; then \
 			${ECHODIR} "===> ${DIRPRFX}$$x.${OS} ($@)"; \
-			${MAKE} -C $$x.${OS} $@ DIRPRFX=${DIRPRFX}$$x/ || exit $$?; \
+			cd $$x.${OS}; \
+			${MAKE} $@ DIRPRFX=${DIRPRFX}$$x/ || exit $$?; \
+			cd ..; \
 		fi; \
 	done