diff --git a/qpkg/Makefile b/qpkg/Makefile
index f261296..42c500f 100644
--- a/qpkg/Makefile
+++ b/qpkg/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,74 @@
+SHELL = /bin/bash
+
+OBJS_qpkg = gobble.o id.o prereq.o qpkg.o jrb.o
+OBJS_rbtest = rbtest.o jrb.o
+OBJS = $(OBJS_qpkg) $(OBJS_rbtest)
+
 CFLAGS = -Wall -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -g -O
 # -O, so that we get data flow analysis, which helps to find more bugs
 #LDFLAGS=-pg
 
-OBJS = gobble.o id.o prereq.o qpkg.o jrb.o
-OBJS_rbtest = rbtest.o jrb.o
+# ----- Verbosity control -----------------------------------------------------
 
-all:	qpkg rbtest
+CC_normal	:= $(CC)
+DEPEND_normal	:= $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG
+
+CC_quiet	= @echo "  CC       " $@ && $(CC_normal)
+DEPEND_quiet	= @$(DEPEND_normal)
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+    CC		= $(CC_normal)
+    DEPEND	= $(DEPEND_normal)
+else
+    CC		= $(CC_quiet)
+    DEPEND	= $(DEPEND_quiet)
+endif
+
+# ----- Rules -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.PHONY:		all jlime openwrt clean spotless
+
+all:		qpkg rbtest
 
 jlime:
-	$(MAKE) clean
-	$(MAKE) CC=mipsel-linux-gcc
+		$(MAKE) clean
+		$(MAKE) CC_normal=mipsel-linux-gcc
 
-qpkg:	$(OBJS)
+#
+# OpenWRT uses mipsel-openwrt-linux-* and mipsel-openwrt-linux-uclibc-*.
+# They should both be available, but just in case, let's improve our odds
+# of picking a compiler that actualy exists.
+#
 
-rbtest:	$(OBJS_rbtest)
+openwrt:
+		$(MAKE) clean
+		$(MAKE) CC_normal=$(shell \
+		  n=`which mipsel-openwrt-linux-gcc`; \
+		  echo "$${n:-`which mipsel-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc`}")
+
+qpkg:		$(OBJS_qpkg)
+
+rbtest:		$(OBJS_rbtest)
+
+# ----- Cleanup ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS) $(OBJS_rbtest)
+		rm -f $(OBJS) $(OBJS:.o=.d)
+
+spotless:	clean
+		rm -f qpkg rbtest
+
+# ----- Dependencies ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+# compile and generate dependencies, from fped, based on
+# http://scottmcpeak.com/autodepend/autodepend.html
+
+%.o:		%.c
+		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $*.c -o $*.o
+		$(DEPEND) $*.c | \
+		  sed -e \
+		    '/^\(.*:\)\? */{p;s///;s/ *\\\?$$/ /;s/  */:\n/g;H;}' \
+		    -e '$${g;p;}' -e d >$*.d; \
+		  [ "$${PIPESTATUS[*]}" = "0 0" ] || { rm -f $*.d; exit 1; }
+
+-include $(OBJS:.o=.d)
diff --git a/qpkg/gobble.c b/qpkg/gobble.c
index 6407c60..04f17b7 100644
--- a/qpkg/gobble.c
+++ b/qpkg/gobble.c
@@ -403,6 +403,27 @@ fail:
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * We should be able to test for __UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME__ specifically,
+ * but that doesn't work for some reason. So let's just omit posix_madvise on
+ * __UCLIBC__ in general.
+ */
+
+
+#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
+
+static int do_madvise(void *addr, size_t len, int advice)
+{
+	return posix_madvise(addr, len, advice);
+}
+
+#else /* __UCLIBC__ */
+
+#define	do_madvise(addr, len, advice)	0
+
+#endif /* __UCLIBC__ */
+
+
 void gobble(const char *name)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -423,12 +444,12 @@ void gobble(const char *name)
 		perror("mmap");
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	if (posix_madvise(map, st.st_size, POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED) < 0) {
+	if (do_madvise(map, st.st_size, POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED) < 0) {
 		perror("posix_madvise(POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED)");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	gobble_buf(name, map, st.st_size);
-	if (posix_madvise(map, st.st_size, POSIX_MADV_RANDOM) < 0) {
+	if (do_madvise(map, st.st_size, POSIX_MADV_RANDOM) < 0) {
 		perror("posix_madvise(POSIX_MADV_RANDOM)");
 		exit(1);
 	}