diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 42b757940..260175a69 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #     GNU Make makefile for SRB2
 #############################################################################
 # Copyright (C) 1998-2000 by DooM Legacy Team.
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2020 by Sonic Team Junior.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2021 by Sonic Team Junior.
 #
 # This program is free software distributed under the
 # terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 #     clean
 #       Remove all object files
 #     cleandep
-#       Remove depend.dep
+#       Remove dependency files
+#     distclean
+#       Remove autogenerated files
 #     dll
 #       compile primary HW render DLL/SO
 #     all_dll
@@ -79,6 +81,17 @@
 #
 #############################################################################
 
+,=,
+
+ifeq (,$(filter-out cleandep clean distclean,$(or $(MAKECMDGOALS),all)))
+CLEANONLY=1
+else ifndef SILENT
+echo=@echo "$(1)"
+ifndef MAKE_RESTARTS
+print=$(info $(1))
+endif
+endif
+
 ALL_SYSTEMS=\
 	PANDORA\
 	LINUX64\
@@ -98,7 +111,7 @@ ALL_SYSTEMS=\
 ifeq (,$(filter $(ALL_SYSTEMS),$(.VARIABLES)))
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT) # all windows are Windows_NT...
 
- $(info Detected a Windows system, compiling for 32-bit MinGW SDL2...)
+ $(call print,Detected a Windows system$(,) compiling for 32-bit MinGW SDL2...)
 
  # go for a 32-bit sdl mingw exe by default
  MINGW=1
@@ -123,7 +136,7 @@ else # if you on the *nix
  new_system:=$(new_system)64
  endif
 
- $(info Detected $(system) ($(new_system))...)
+ $(call print,Detected $(system) ($(new_system))...)
  $(new_system)=1
 
 endif
@@ -237,6 +250,12 @@ endif
 
 MSGFMT?=msgfmt
 
+ifdef WINDOWSHELL
+	COMPTIME=-..\comptime.bat
+else
+	COMPTIME=-../comptime.sh
+endif
+
 ifndef ECHO
 	NASM:=@$(NASM)
 	REMOVE:=@$(REMOVE)
@@ -251,6 +270,7 @@ ifndef ECHO
 	MSGFMT:=@$(MSGFMT)
 	UPX:=@$(UPX)
 	UPX_OPTS+=-q
+	COMPTIME:=@$(COMPTIME)
 endif
 
 ifdef NONET
@@ -455,7 +475,6 @@ DBGNAME?=$(EXENAME).debug
 
 # not too sophisticated dependency
 OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
-		$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o \
 		$(OBJDIR)/string.o   \
 		$(OBJDIR)/d_main.o   \
 		$(OBJDIR)/d_clisrv.o \
@@ -535,7 +554,10 @@ OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
 		$(i_sound_o)    \
 		$(OBJS)
 
+DEPS:=$(patsubst $(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(DEPDIR)/%.d,$(OBJS))
+OBJS+=$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o
 
+ifndef SILENT
 ifndef ECHO
 ifndef NOECHOFILENAMES
 define echoName =
@@ -543,6 +565,7 @@ define echoName =
 endef
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # List of languages to compile.
 # For reference, this is the command I use to build a srb2.pot file from the source code.
@@ -555,12 +578,12 @@ OPTS+=-DGETTEXT
 endif
 
 ifdef PANDORA
-all:	pre-build $(BIN)/$(PNDNAME)
+all: $(BIN)/$(PNDNAME)
 endif
 
 
 ifdef SDL
-all:	 pre-build $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
+all: $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
 endif
 
 ifdef DUMMY
@@ -568,20 +591,15 @@ all:	$(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
 endif
 
 cleandep:
-	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
+	$(REMOVE) $(DEPS)
 	$(REMOVE) comptime.h
 
-pre-build:
-ifdef WINDOWSHELL
-	-..\comptime.bat .
-else
-	-@../comptime.sh .
-endif
-
 clean:
 	$(REMOVE) *~ *.flc
 	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/*.o
 
+distclean: clean cleandep
+
 ifdef MINGW
 	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/*.res
 endif
@@ -601,11 +619,11 @@ asm:
 
 $(BIN)/$(EXENAME): $(POS) $(OBJS)
 	-$(MKDIR) $(BIN)
-	@echo Linking $(EXENAME)...
+	$(call echo,Linking $(EXENAME)...)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o $(BIN)/$(EXENAME) $(LIBS)
 ifndef VALGRIND
 ifndef NOOBJDUMP
-	@echo Dumping debugging info
+	$(call echo,Dumping debugging info)
 	$(OBJDUMP) $(OBJDUMP_OPTS) $(BIN)/$(EXENAME) > $(BIN)/$(DBGNAME).txt
 ifdef WINDOWSHELL
 	-$(GZIP) $(GZIP_OPTS) $(BIN)/$(DBGNAME).txt
@@ -624,10 +642,10 @@ ifndef NOUPX
 	-$(UPX) $(UPX_OPTS) $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
 endif
 endif
-	@echo Build is done, please look for $(EXENAME) in $(BIN), \(checking for post steps\)
+	$(call echo,Build is done$(,) please look for $(EXENAME) in $(BIN)$(,) (checking for post steps))
 
 reobjdump:
-	@echo Redumping debugging info
+	$(call echo,Redumping debugging info)
 	$(OBJDUMP) $(OBJDUMP_OPTS) $(BIN)/$(DBGNAME) > $(BIN)/$(DBGNAME).txt
 ifdef WINDOWSHELL
 	-$(GZIP) $(GZIP_OPTS) $(BIN)/$(DBGNAME).txt
@@ -663,24 +681,21 @@ endif
 endif
 
 #dependecy made by gcc itself !
-$(OBJS):
 ifndef DUMMY
--include $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
+ifndef CLEANONLY
+$(call print,Checking dependency files...)
+-include $(DEPS)
+endif
 endif
 
-$(OBJDIR)/depend.dep:
-	@echo "Creating dependency file, depend.dep"
-	@echo > comptime.h
-	-$(MKDIR) $(OBJDIR)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM *.c > $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM $(INTERFACE)/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-ifndef NOHW
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM hardware/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
+$(DEPDIR)/%.d: %.c
+# windows makes it too hard !
+ifndef WINDOWSHELL
+ifdef echoName
+	@printf "%-20.20s\r" $<
 endif
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM blua/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	@sed -e 's,\(.*\)\.o: ,$(subst /,\/,$(OBJDIR))\/&,g' < $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped > $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
-	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	@echo "Created dependency file, depend.dep"
+endif
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M -MF $@ -MT $(OBJDIR)/$< $<
 
 ifdef VALGRIND
 $(OBJDIR)/z_zone.o: z_zone.c
@@ -688,9 +703,12 @@ $(OBJDIR)/z_zone.o: z_zone.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND $(VALGRIND_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
-$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o: comptime.c pre-build
-	$(echoName)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o::
+ifdef echoName
+	@echo -- comptime.c ...
+endif
+	$(COMPTIME) .
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c comptime.c -o $@
 
 $(BIN)/%.mo: locale/%.po
 	-$(MKDIR) $(BIN)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.cfg b/src/Makefile.cfg
index f081eacdf..075cd2d3a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/src/Makefile.cfg
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ ifdef MACOSX
 endif
 
 # Automatically set version flag, but not if one was manually set
-ifeq   (,$(filter GCC%,$(.VARIABLES)))
+# And don't bother if this is a clean only run
+ifeq   (,$(filter GCC% CLEANONLY,$(.VARIABLES)))
  version:=$(shell $(CC) --version)
  # check if this is in fact GCC
  ifneq (,$(or $(findstring gcc,$(version)),$(findstring GCC,$(version))))
@@ -60,12 +61,14 @@ ifeq   (,$(filter GCC%,$(.VARIABLES)))
 
   # If this version is not in the list, default to the latest supported
   ifeq (,$(filter $(v),$(SUPPORTED_GCC_VERSIONS)))
-   $(info\
-		Your compiler version, GCC $(version), is not supported by the Makefile.\
-		The Makefile will assume GCC $(LATEST_GCC_VERSION).)
+	define line =
+	Your compiler version, GCC $(version), is not supported by the Makefile.
+	The Makefile will assume GCC $(LATEST_GCC_VERSION).))
+	endef
+   $(call print,$(line))
    GCC$(subst .,,$(LATEST_GCC_VERSION))=1
   else
-   $(info Detected GCC $(version) (GCC$(v)))
+   $(call print,Detected GCC $(version) (GCC$(v)))
    GCC$(v)=1
   endif
  endif
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@ i_main_o=$(OBJDIR)/i_main.o
 #set OBJDIR and BIN's starting place
 OBJDIR=../objs
 BIN=../bin
+DEPDIR=../dep
 #Nasm ASM and rm
 ifdef YASM
 NASM?=yasm
@@ -383,6 +387,7 @@ ifdef DUMMY
 	INTERFACE=dummy
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/dummy
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/dummy
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/dummy
 else
 ifdef LINUX
 	NASMFORMAT=elf -DLINUX
@@ -390,9 +395,11 @@ ifdef LINUX
 ifdef LINUX64
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Linux64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Linux64
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux64
 else
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Linux
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Linux
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux
 endif
 else
 ifdef FREEBSD
@@ -402,6 +409,7 @@ ifdef FREEBSD
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/FreeBSD
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/FreeBSD
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux
 else
 ifdef SOLARIS
 	INTERFACE=sdl
@@ -410,6 +418,7 @@ ifdef SOLARIS
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Solaris
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Solaris
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Solaris
 else
 ifdef CYGWIN32
 	INTERFACE=sdl
@@ -418,18 +427,21 @@ ifdef CYGWIN32
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/cygwin
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Cygwin
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Cygwin
 else
 ifdef MINGW64
 	#NASMFORMAT=win64
 	SDL=1
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw64
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Mingw64
 else
 ifdef MINGW
 	NASMFORMAT=win32
 	SDL=1
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Mingw
 endif
 endif
 endif
@@ -441,6 +453,7 @@ endif
 ifdef ARCHNAME
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/$(ARCHNAME)
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/$(ARCHNAME)
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/$(ARCHNAME)
 endif
 
 OBJDUMP_OPTS?=--wide --source --line-numbers
@@ -449,14 +462,17 @@ LD=$(CC)
 ifdef SDL
 	INTERFACE=sdl
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/SDL
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/SDL
 endif
 
 ifndef DUMMY
 ifdef DEBUGMODE
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Debug
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Debug
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Debug
 else
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Release
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Release
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Release
 endif
 endif