diff --git a/Makefile.recurse b/Makefile.recurse
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+#
+# Makefile.recurse - Recursively build a few standard targets
+#
+# Written 2008, 2009 by Werner Almesberger
+# Copyright 2008, 2009 Werner Almesberger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+
+
+.PHONY:		all install uninstall clean spotless
+
+all:
+		for d in $(DIRS) $(TARGET_ONLY_DIRS); \
+		  do make -C $$d all || exit 1; done
+
+install:
+		for d in $(DIRS); do make -C $$d install || exit 1; done
+
+uninstall:
+		for d in $(DIRS); do make -C $$d uninstall || exit 1; done
+
+clean:
+		for d in $(DIRS) $(TARGET_ONLY_DIRS); do \
+		  make -C $$d clean || exit 1; done
+
+spotless:
+		for d in $(DIRS) $(TARGET_ONLY_DIRS); do \
+		  make -C $$d spotless || exit 1; done
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
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+#
+# tools/Makefile - Build the ATSPI-specific tools
+#
+# Written 2010 by Werner Almesberger
+# Copyright 2010 Werner Almesberger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+
+
+DIRS=atspi-id atspi-reset atspi-rssi
+
+include ../Makefile.recurse