diff --git a/board/ixdp425/Makefile b/board/ixdp425/Makefile
index 59d6964..9568cb5 100644
--- a/board/ixdp425/Makefile
+++ b/board/ixdp425/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2000, 2002
+# (C) Copyright 2000-2006
 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
 #
 # See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-LIB	= lib$(BOARD).a
+LIB	= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a
 
-OBJS	:= ixdp425.o
+COBJS	:= ixdp425.o
 
-$(LIB):	$(OBJS) $(SOBJS)
-	$(AR) crv $@ $^
+SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
+OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
+SOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS))
+
+$(LIB):	$(obj).depend $(OBJS)
+	$(AR) crv $@ $(OBJS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(SOBJS) $(OBJS)
@@ -38,9 +42,9 @@
 
 #########################################################################
 
-.depend:	Makefile $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c)
-		$(CC) -M $(CPPFLAGS) $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(OBJS:.o=.c) > $@
+# defines $(obj).depend target
+include $(SRCTREE)/rules.mk
 
--include .depend
+sinclude $(obj).depend
 
 #########################################################################
diff --git a/board/ixdp425/config.mk b/board/ixdp425/config.mk
index 3420586..d49c0e7 100644
--- a/board/ixdp425/config.mk
+++ b/board/ixdp425/config.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 TEXT_BASE = 0x00f80000
 
 # include NPE ethernet driver
-BOARDLIBS = cpu/ixp/npe/libnpe.a
+BOARDLIBS = $(obj)cpu/ixp/npe/libnpe.a