diff --git a/decompressor/GNUmakefile b/decompressor/GNUmakefile
index a3d9bee1..5e816add 100644
--- a/decompressor/GNUmakefile
+++ b/decompressor/GNUmakefile
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied: ../tinf/*
 	cp -r ../tinf '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/'
 	touch '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied'
 
-$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinfgzip.o $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinflate.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinfgzip.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
+	mkdir -p "$$(dirname '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)')"
+	$(LIMINE_CC) $(LIMINE_CFLAGS) -Os $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) -c '$(call SHESCAPE,$(@:.o=.c))' -o '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
+
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinflate.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
 	mkdir -p "$$(dirname '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)')"
 	$(LIMINE_CC) $(LIMINE_CFLAGS) -Os $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) -c '$(call SHESCAPE,$(@:.o=.c))' -o '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
 
diff --git a/stage23/GNUmakefile b/stage23/GNUmakefile
index a29ec3b0..adfc9f0b 100644
--- a/stage23/GNUmakefile
+++ b/stage23/GNUmakefile
@@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied: ../tinf/*
 	cp -r ../tinf '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/'
 	touch '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied'
 
-$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinfgzip.o $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinflate.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinfgzip.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
+	mkdir -p "$$(dirname '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)')"
+	$(LIMINE_CC) $(LIMINE_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) -c '$(call SHESCAPE,$(@:.o=.c))' -o '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
+
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf/tinflate.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/tinf-copied
 	mkdir -p "$$(dirname '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)')"
 	$(LIMINE_CC) $(LIMINE_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) -c '$(call SHESCAPE,$(@:.o=.c))' -o '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
 
@@ -255,7 +259,11 @@ $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/full.map.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/limine_efi
 $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/BOOTX64.EFI: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/limine_efi.elf
 	$(LIMINE_OBJCOPY) -j .text -j .sdata -j .data -j .dynamic -j .dynsym -j .rel -j .rela -j .rel.* -j .rela.* -j .reloc -j .sbat --target efi-app-x86_64 '$(call SHESCAPE,$<)' '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
 
-$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/crt0-efi-x86_64.o $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/libgnuefi.a: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/crt0-efi-x86_64.o: reduced-gnu-efi
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/libgnuefi.a: reduced-gnu-efi
+
+.PHONY: reduced-gnu-efi
+reduced-gnu-efi: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi
 	unset ARFLAGS; unset ASFLAGS; unset LDFLAGS; unset CFLAGS; unset CPPFLAGS; \
 	$(MAKE) -C '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi' \
 		CC="$(LIMINE_CC) -m64 -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic" \
@@ -286,7 +294,11 @@ $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/full.map.o: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/limine_efi
 $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/BOOTIA32.EFI: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/limine_efi.elf
 	$(LIMINE_OBJCOPY) -j .text -j .sdata -j .data -j .dynamic -j .dynsym -j .rel -j .rela -j .rel.* -j .rela.* -j .reloc -j .sbat --target efi-app-ia32 '$(call SHESCAPE,$<)' '$(call SHESCAPE,$@)'
 
-$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/crt0-efi-ia32.o $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/libgnuefi.a: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/crt0-efi-ia32.o: reduced-gnu-efi
+$(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi/libgnuefi.a: reduced-gnu-efi
+
+.PHONY: reduced-gnu-efi
+reduced-gnu-efi: $(call MKESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi
 	unset ARFLAGS; unset ASFLAGS; unset LDFLAGS; unset CFLAGS; unset CPPFLAGS; \
 	$(MAKE) -C '$(call SHESCAPE,$(BUILDDIR))/reduced-gnu-efi/gnuefi' \
 		CC="$(LIMINE_CC) -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=generic" \