diff --git a/util/lar/Makefile b/util/lar/Makefile
index ef416ad7fb..bb60fa453b 100644
--- a/util/lar/Makefile
+++ b/util/lar/Makefile
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ lardir:
 	$(Q)printf "  BUILD   LAR\n"
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(obj)/util/lar
 
-$(obj)/util/lar/lar: $(CDIR) $(LAROBJ_ABS) $(COMPRESSOR)
+$(obj)/util/lar/lar: $(LARDIR) $(LAROBJ_ABS) $(COMPRESSOR)
 	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(ABS_OBJ) $(COMPRESSOR)
+	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(LAROBJ_ABS) $(COMPRESSOR)
 
 $(obj)/util/lar/%.o: $(src)/util/lar/%.c
 	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCC  $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
diff --git a/util/lzma/Makefile b/util/lzma/Makefile
index 8e38150410..e02dbd38b4 100644
--- a/util/lzma/Makefile
+++ b/util/lzma/Makefile
@@ -34,23 +34,30 @@ lzmadir:
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(obj)/util/lzma/
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZMA/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZ/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/7zip/Decompress/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/7zip/Common/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/C/Common/%.cpp
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 $(obj)/util/lzma/%.o: $(src)/util/lzma/%.cc
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCXX $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
diff --git a/util/nrv2b/Makefile b/util/nrv2b/Makefile
index bfc5830767..796e129c6b 100644
--- a/util/nrv2b/Makefile
+++ b/util/nrv2b/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 ##
 
 $(obj)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b: nrv2bdir $(src)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b.c
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCC  $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -DENCODE -DDECODE -DMAIN -DVERBOSE -DNDEBUG -DBITSIZE=32 -DENDIAN=0 -o $@ $(src)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b.c
 
 $(obj)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b-compress.o: nrv2bdir $(src)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b.c
+	$(Q)printf "  HOSTCC  $(subst $(shell pwd)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(Q)$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -DENCODE -DVERBOSE -DCOMPACT -DNDEBUG -DBITSIZE=32 -DENDIAN=0 -c -o $@ $(src)/util/nrv2b/nrv2b.c
 
 nrv2bdir: