Index: Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- Makefile.in	(revision 23624)
+++ Makefile.in	(working copy)
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ headers-y += $(target-headers-sysdep)
 
 headers: include/bits/uClibc_config.h
 
-pregen: include/bits/sysnum.h headers
-	$(Q)$(if $(UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE),$(MAKE) -C extra/locale locale_headers)
+pregen: include/bits/sysnum.h headers $(if $(UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE),locale_headers)
 
 include/bits/sysnum.h: $(top_srcdir)extra/scripts/gen_bits_syscall_h.sh
 	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -d $(@D)
Index: extra/locale/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- extra/locale/Makefile.in	(revision 23624)
+++ extra/locale/Makefile.in	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # Licensed under the LGPL v2.1, see the file COPYING.LIB in this tarball.
 #
 
+locale_DIR := $(top_srcdir)extra/locale
+locale_OUT := $(top_builddir)extra/locale
+
 # command used to download source code
 WGET := wget --passive-ftp
 
@@ -12,7 +15,8 @@ LOCALE_DATA_FILENAME := uClibc-locale-03
 
 BUILD_CFLAGS-locale-common := \
 	-D__UCLIBC_GEN_LOCALE \
-	-DUCLIBC_CTYPE_HEADER='"$(top_builddir)include/bits/uClibc_ctype.h"'
+	-I$(top_builddir) \
+	-DUCLIBC_CTYPE_HEADER='"include/bits/uClibc_ctype.h"'
 
 BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_wc8bit := $(BUILD_CFLAGS-locale-common) -DCTYPE_PACKED=1
 
@@ -24,16 +28,13 @@ BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_wc8bit += -DDO_WIDE_CHA
 BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_ldc += -D__WCHAR_ENABLED=1
 endif
 
-BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_locale := -D_GNU_SOURCE
+BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_locale := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I$(locale_OUT)
 BUILD_CFLAGS-gen_collate := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 DEPH-locale := $(top_builddir)include/bits/sysnum.h
 DEPH-gen_locale := c8tables.h
 DEPH-gen_ldc := c8tables.h wctables.h locale_tables.h locale_collate.h
 
-locale_DIR := $(top_srcdir)extra/locale
-locale_OUT := $(top_builddir)extra/locale
-
 #locale_HOBJ := gen_collate gen_ldc gen_locale gen_wc8bit gen_wctype
 locale_HOBJ := gen_collate gen_wc8bit gen_wctype
 locale_HOBJ := $(patsubst %,$(locale_OUT)/%,$(locale_HOBJ))
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ $(locale_OUT)/codesets.txt:
 	    echo " "; \
 	    echo "You do not have a codesets.txt file.  Please create this "; \
 	    echo "file in the $(locale_OUT) directory by running something like: "; \
-	    echo -e "  find $(locale_DIR)/charmaps -name \"*.pairs\" > \\"; \
+	    echo -e "  cd $(locale_DIR) && find ./charmaps -name \"*.pairs\" > \\"; \
 	    echo -e "        $@"; \
 	    echo "and then edit that file to disable/enable the codesets you wish to support. "; \
 	    echo " "; \
@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ else
 
 $(locale_OUT)/codesets.txt:
 ifeq ($(UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE),y)
-	echo "$(locale_DIR)/charmaps/ASCII.pairs" > $@ ; \
-	echo "$(locale_DIR)/charmaps/ISO-8859-1.pairs" >> $@
+	echo "charmaps/ASCII.pairs" > $@ ; \
+	echo "charmaps/ISO-8859-1.pairs" >> $@
 else
-	find $(locale_DIR)/charmaps -name '*.pairs' | sort > $@
+	(cd $(locale_DIR)/ && find charmaps/ -name '*.pairs' | sort ) > $@
 endif
 
 # the lines beginning w/ '#-' are mandatory
@@ -123,15 +124,16 @@ $(locale_OUT)/gen_ldc : $(locale_DIR)/ge
 # code needs to be modified to support top_builddir in almost all apps that write directly to a file
 # grep fopen *.c
 $(locale_OUT)/c8tables.h: $(locale_OUT)/gen_wc8bit $(locale_OUT)/codesets.txt
-	$< `cat $(word 2,$^)`
+	(cd $(@D) && ./$(<F) `cat $(word 2,$(^F))`)
 
 # Warning! Beware tr_TR toupper/tolower exceptions!
 $(locale_OUT)/wctables.h: $(locale_OUT)/gen_wctype
-	$< en_US || $< en_US.UTF-8 || $< en_US.iso8859-1 \
-	|| $< en_GB || $< en_GB.UTF-8
+	(cd $(<D) ; ./$(<F) en_US || ./$(<F) en_US.UTF-8 \
+	|| ./$(<F) en_US.iso8859-1 \
+	|| ./$(<F) en_GB || ./$(<F) en_GB.UTF-8)
 
 $(locale_OUT)/locale_tables.h: $(locale_OUT)/gen_locale $(locale_OUT)/locales.txt
-	$< $(word 2,$^)
+	$< $(word 2,$^) $@
 
 $(locale_OUT)/lt_defines.h: $(locale_OUT)/locale_tables.h $(locale_OUT)/locale_collate.h
 	grep "^#define" $< > $@
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ $(locale_OUT)/lt_defines.h: $(locale_OUT
 
 $(locale_OUT)/locale_collate.h: $(locale_OUT)/gen_collate $(locale_OUT)/locale_tables.h
 	grep COL_IDX_ $(word 2,$^) | $(SED) -e "s/^.*COL_IDX_\([^, ]*\).*$$/\1/" | \
-		sort | uniq | xargs $<
+		sort | uniq | (cd $(dir $(<)) && xargs ./$(notdir $(<)))
 
 $(locale_OUT)/$(LOCALE_DATA_FILENAME):
 ifeq ($(UCLIBC_DOWNLOAD_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA),y)
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ $(locale_OUT)/uClibc_locale_data.h: $(lo
 else
 
 $(locale_SRC): $(locale_OUT)/gen_ldc $(locale_OUT)/lt_defines.h
-	$<
+	$< $@
 
 $(locale_OUT)/uClibc_locale_data.h: $(locale_OUT)/lt_defines.h $(locale_OUT)/c8tables.h $(locale_OUT)/wctables.h $(locale_DIR)/locale_mmap.h | $(locale_SRC)
 	grep -v "define __LC" $< > $@
Index: extra/locale/gen_locale.c
===================================================================
--- extra/locale/gen_locale.c	(revision 23624)
+++ extra/locale/gen_locale.c	(working copy)
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ static int le_cmp(const void *a, const v
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	if ((argc != 2) || (!(fp = fopen(*++argv, "r")))) {
+	char *output_file = "locale_tables.h";
+	if ((argc < 2 || argc > 3) || (!(fp = fopen(*++argv, "r")))) {
 		printf("error: missing filename or file!\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -580,9 +581,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			   );
 	}
 #endif
-
-	if (!(ofp = fopen("locale_tables.h", "w"))) {
-		printf("error: can not open locale_tables.h for writing!\n");
+	if (argc == 3)
+		output_file = *++argv;
+	if (output_file == NULL || !(ofp = fopen(output_file, "w"))) {
+		printf("error: can not open outputfile '%s' for writing!\n",
+			output_file);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
Index: extra/locale/gen_ldc.c
===================================================================
--- extra/locale/gen_ldc.c	(revision 23624)
+++ extra/locale/gen_ldc.c	(working copy)
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ void out_size_t(FILE *f, const size_t *p
 }
 
 
-int main(void)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	char *output_file = "locale_data.c";
 	FILE *lso;					/* static object */
 	int i;
 #ifdef __LOCALE_DATA_MAGIC_SIZE
@@ -158,8 +159,10 @@ int main(void)
 	memset(magic, 0, __LOCALE_DATA_MAGIC_SIZE);
 #endif /* __LOCALE_DATA_MAGIC_SIZE */
 
-	if (!(lso = fopen("locale_data.c", "w"))) {
-		printf("can't open locale_data.c!\n");
+	if (argc == 2)
+		output_file = argv[1];
+	if (!(lso = fopen(output_file, "w"))) {
+		printf("can't open output file '%s'!\n", output_file);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
