diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f6cc59aeeba4ff3fe36bcd0be5308b08f881804..b3a1d2ff886aca1211c33880526ee6478be75083 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1225,9 +1225,11 @@ G2000_config:	unconfig
 	@$(MKCONFIG) $(@:_config=) ppc ppc4xx g2000
 
 hcu4_config:	unconfig
+	@mkdir -p $(obj)board/netstal/common
 	@$(MKCONFIG) $(@:_config=) ppc ppc4xx hcu4 netstal
 
 hcu5_config:	unconfig
+	@mkdir -p $(obj)board/netstal/common
 	@$(MKCONFIG) $(@:_config=) ppc ppc4xx hcu5 netstal
 
 HH405_config:	unconfig
diff --git a/board/netstal/hcu4/Makefile b/board/netstal/hcu4/Makefile
index b13d9d446fb923b7540c6835ff64ef036445bd13..3d1d65d35ea9aa240fcf390fada809a15fd4fe05 100644
--- a/board/netstal/hcu4/Makefile
+++ b/board/netstal/hcu4/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2007 Netstal Maschinen AG
+# (C) Copyright 2007-2008 Netstal Maschinen AG
 # Niklaus Giger (ng@netstal.com)
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -22,18 +22,14 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a
 
-vpath fixed_sdram.c ../common
-vpath hcu_flash.c ../common
-vpath nm_bsp.c ../common
-
 # NOBJS : Netstal common objects
-NOBJS	= ../common/fixed_sdram.o ../common/hcu_flash.o ../common/nm_bsp.o
+NOBJS	= fixed_sdram.o hcu_flash.o nm_bsp.o
 COBJS	= $(BOARD).o
 SOBJS	=
 
-SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c) $(NOBJS:.o=.c)
+SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c) $(addprefix ../common/,$(NOBJS:.o=.c))
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
-NOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(NOBJS))
+NOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj)../common/,$(NOBJS))
 SOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS))
 
 $(LIB):	$(OBJS) $(SOBJS) $(NOBJS)
diff --git a/board/netstal/hcu5/Makefile b/board/netstal/hcu5/Makefile
index 9f248a441d7074bf5a25ecb3aa98ba3f4f2ae5f5..349c653e7f39d534a78d0038a6d2b9f5453c8a21 100644
--- a/board/netstal/hcu5/Makefile
+++ b/board/netstal/hcu5/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2007 Netstal Maschinen AG
+# (C) Copyright 2007-2008 Netstal Maschinen AG
 # Niklaus Giger (ng@netstal.com)
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -22,17 +22,15 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a
 
-vpath hcu_flash.c ../common
-vpath nm_bsp.c ../common
 
 # NOBJS : Netstal common objects
-NOBJS	= ../common/hcu_flash.o ../common/nm_bsp.o
+NOBJS	= hcu_flash.o nm_bsp.o
 COBJS	= $(BOARD).o sdram.o
 SOBJS	= init.o
 
-SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c) $(NOBJS:.o=.c)
+SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c) $(addprefix ../common/,$(NOBJS:.o=.c))
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
-NOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(NOBJS))
+NOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj)../common/,$(NOBJS))
 SOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS))
 
 $(LIB):	$(OBJS) $(SOBJS) $(NOBJS)