diff --git a/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in b/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
index 3ad77ec..f713502 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
+++ b/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
@@ -3,71 +3,81 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
+#
 
-srcdir:=$(top_srcdir)/networking/libiproute
-objdir:=$(top_builddir)/networking/libiproute
+LIBIPROUTE_AR:=libiproute.a
+ifndef $(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)
+LIBIPROUTE_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/networking/libiproute
+endif
+srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/networking/libiproute
 
+LIBIPROUTE-y:=
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IP) += \
-	ip_parse_common_args \
-	ipaddress \
-	iplink \
-	iproute \
-	iptunnel \
-	libnetlink \
-	ll_addr \
-	ll_map \
-	ll_proto \
-	ll_types \
-	rt_names \
-	rtm_map \
-	utils
+	ip_parse_common_args.o \
+	ipaddress.o \
+	iplink.o \
+	iproute.o \
+	iptunnel.o \
+	libnetlink.o \
+	ll_addr.o \
+	ll_map.o \
+	ll_proto.o \
+	ll_types.o \
+	rt_names.o \
+	rtm_map.o \
+	utils.o
 
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPADDR) += \
-	ip_parse_common_args \
-	ipaddress \
-	libnetlink \
-	ll_addr \
-	ll_map \
-	ll_types \
-	rt_names \
-	utils
+	ip_parse_common_args.o \
+	ipaddress.o \
+	libnetlink.o \
+	ll_addr.o \
+	ll_map.o \
+	ll_types.o \
+	rt_names.o \
+	utils.o
 
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPLINK) += \
-	ip_parse_common_args \
-	ipaddress \
-	iplink \
-	libnetlink \
-	ll_addr \
-	ll_map \
-	ll_types \
-	rt_names \
-	utils
+	ip_parse_common_args.o \
+	ipaddress.o \
+	iplink.o \
+	libnetlink.o \
+	ll_addr.o \
+	ll_map.o \
+	ll_types.o \
+	rt_names.o \
+	utils.o
 
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPROUTE) += \
-	ip_parse_common_args \
-	iproute \
-	libnetlink \
-	ll_map \
-	rt_names \
-	rtm_map \
-	utils
+	ip_parse_common_args.o \
+	iproute.o \
+	libnetlink.o \
+	ll_map.o \
+	rt_names.o \
+	rtm_map.o \
+	utils.o
 
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPTUNNEL) += \
-	ip_parse_common_args \
-	iptunnel \
-	rt_names \
-	utils
+	ip_parse_common_args.o \
+	iptunnel.o \
+	rt_names.o \
+	utils.o
 
 LIBIPROUTE-y:=$(sort $(LIBIPROUTE-y))
 
-LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
+LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(subst .o,.c,$(LIBIPROUTE-y)))
 LIBIPROUTE_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBIPROUTE_SRC-a)
 
-networking_libiproute_OBJ$(os):=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(os),$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
+LIBIPROUTE-obj:=$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR)
 
-$(networking_libiproute_OBJ$(os)): $(objdir)/%$(os): $(srcdir)/%.c
-$(objdir)/libiproute.a: $(networking_libiproute_OBJ$(os))
-libraries-y:=$(libraries-y) $(objdir)/libiproute.a
+ifneq ($(strip $(LIBIPROUTE-y)),)
+libraries-y+=$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR)
+endif
 
+$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR): $(patsubst %,$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/%,$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
+	$(do_ar)
+
+$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
+	$(compile.c)