diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 6fabb205..b9eedf92 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ NASM = nasm.o nasmlib.o float.o insnsa.o assemble.o labels.o \
 NDISASM = ndisasm.o disasm.o sync.o nasmlib.o insnsd.o
 
 all: nasm ndisasm nasm.man ndisasm.man
-	cd rdoff; $(MAKE) all
+	cd rdoff && $(MAKE) all
 
 nasm: $(NASM)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o nasm $(NASM)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bb551f28..a8ef814e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -112,3 +112,4 @@ if test $ac_cv_prog_make_vpathok = no; then
 fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile rdoff/Makefile doc/Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS([mkdir -p output])
diff --git a/rdoff/Makefile.in b/rdoff/Makefile.in
index 5ea14a06..d02c47cf 100644
--- a/rdoff/Makefile.in
+++ b/rdoff/Makefile.in
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rdf2ihx.o: rdf2ihx.c
 rdf2bin.o: rdf2bin.c
 rdfdump.o: rdfdump.c
 rdoff.o: rdoff.c rdoff.h
-ldrdf.o: ldrdf.c rdoff.h $(top_srcdir)/nasmlib.h symtab.h collectn.h rdlib.h
+ldrdf.o: ldrdf.c rdoff.h ../nasmlib.h symtab.h collectn.h rdlib.h
 symtab.o: symtab.c symtab.h
 collectn.o: collectn.c collectn.h
 rdx.o: rdx.c rdoff.h rdfload.h symtab.h
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ rdflib.o: rdflib.c
 segtab.o: segtab.c
 
 nasmlib.o: $(top_srcdir)/nasmlib.c
-##	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(top_srcdir)/nasmlib.c
-	cd $(top_srcdir);make nasmlib.o
-	cp $(top_srcdir)/nasmlib.o $(srcdir)
+	cd .. && $(MAKE) nasmlib.o
+	cp ../nasmlib.o .
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o rdfdump ldrdf rdx rdflib rdf2bin rdf2com rdf2ihx