diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f3a4fbf..bbad332 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 export src := src
 export srck := $(top)/util/kconfig
 export obj ?= build
-export objk := $(obj)/util/kconfig
+export objutil ?= $(obj)/util
+export objk := $(objutil)/kconfig
 
 
 export KERNELVERSION      := 4.0
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 endif
 
 CPP:= $(CC) -x assembler-with-cpp -DASSEMBLY -E
-ROMCC:= $(obj)/romcc
+ROMCC:= $(objutil)/romcc/romcc
 HOSTCC = gcc
 HOSTCXX = g++
 HOSTCFLAGS := -I$(srck) -I$(objk) -g
@@ -145,14 +146,14 @@
 #######################################################################
 # Build the tools
 
-CBFSTOOL:=$(obj)/util/cbfstool/cbfstool
+CBFSTOOL:=$(objutil)/cbfstool/cbfstool
 
 # needed objects that every mainboard uses 
 # Creation of these is architecture and mainboard independent
-$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c: $(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/devicetree.cb  $(obj)/util/sconfig/sconfig
+$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c: $(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/devicetree.cb  $(objutil)/sconfig/sconfig
 	@printf "    SCONFIG    $(subst $(src)/,,$(<))\n"
 	mkdir -p $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)
-	$(obj)/util/sconfig/sconfig $(MAINBOARDDIR) $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)
+	$(objutil)/sconfig/sconfig $(MAINBOARDDIR) $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)
 
 objs:=$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.o
 initobjs:=
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@
 
 prepare:
 	mkdir -p $(obj)
-	mkdir -p $(obj)/util/kconfig/lxdialog $(obj)/util/cbfstool
+	mkdir -p $(objutil)/kconfig/lxdialog $(objutil)/cbfstool $(objutil)/romcc $(objutil)/options
 	test -n "$(alldirs)" && mkdir -p $(alldirs) || true
 
 $(obj)/build.h: .xcompile
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@
 ifeq ($(_OS),CYGWIN_)
 	STACK=-Wl,--stack,16384000
 endif
-$(obj)/romcc: $(top)/util/romcc/romcc.c
+$(objutil)/romcc/romcc: $(top)/util/romcc/romcc.c
 	@printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@)) (this may take a while)\n"
 	@# Note: Adding -O2 here might cause problems. For details see:
 	@# http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-February/055825.html
diff --git a/src/arch/i386/Makefile.bootblock.inc b/src/arch/i386/Makefile.bootblock.inc
index 43ad052..ca9ef79 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/Makefile.bootblock.inc
+++ b/src/arch/i386/Makefile.bootblock.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(CC) -MMD -x assembler-with-cpp -DASSEMBLY -E -I$(src)/include -I$(src)/arch/i386/include -I$(obj) -I$(obj)/bootblock -include $(obj)/config.h -I. -I$(src) $< -o $@
 
-$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/bootblock.inc: $(src)/arch/i386/init/$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_SOURCE)) $(obj)/romcc
+$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/bootblock.inc: $(src)/arch/i386/init/$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_SOURCE)) $(ROMCC)
 	@printf "    ROMCC      $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(CC) -MM -MT$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/bootblock.inc \
 		$< > $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/bootblock.inc.d
diff --git a/src/arch/i386/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/i386/Makefile.inc
index 2735646..1c3d0df 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/i386/Makefile.inc
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@
 #######################################################################
 # i386 specific tools
 
-$(obj)/option_table.h: $(obj)/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
+$(obj)/option_table.h: $(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
 	@printf "    OPTION     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(obj)/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --header $(obj)/option_table.h
+	$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --header $(obj)/option_table.h
 
-$(obj)/option_table.c: $(obj)/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
+$(obj)/option_table.c: $(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
 	@printf "    OPTION     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(obj)/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --option $(obj)/option_table.c
+	$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --option $(obj)/option_table.c
 
-$(obj)/build_opt_tbl: $(top)/util/options/build_opt_tbl.c $(top)/src/include/pc80/mc146818rtc.h $(top)/src/include/boot/coreboot_tables.h
+$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl: $(top)/util/options/build_opt_tbl.c $(top)/src/include/pc80/mc146818rtc.h $(top)/src/include/boot/coreboot_tables.h
 	@printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ROMCC),y)
 ROMCCFLAGS ?= -mcpu=p2 -O2
 
-$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.inc: $(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.c $(obj)/romcc $(OPTION_TABLE_H) $(obj)/build.h $(obj)/config.h
+$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.inc: $(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.c $(ROMCC) $(OPTION_TABLE_H) $(obj)/build.h $(obj)/config.h
 	printf "    ROMCC      romstage.inc\n"
 	$(ROMCC) -c -S $(ROMCCFLAGS) -D__PRE_RAM__ -I. $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@
 else
diff --git a/util/abuild/abuild b/util/abuild/abuild
index 811a32c..851f1a3 100755
--- a/util/abuild/abuild
+++ b/util/abuild/abuild
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 	[ "$update" = "true" ] && mv ${build_dir}/coreboot.rom coreboot.rom.tmp
 	$MAKE distclean obj=${build_dir}
 	mkdir -p ${build_dir}
+	mkdir -p $TARGET/sharedutils
 	[ "$update" = "true" ] && mv coreboot.rom.tmp ${build_dir}/coreboot.rom
 
 	if [ "$CONFIG" != "" ]; then
@@ -204,8 +205,8 @@
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	#yes "" | $MAKE oldconfig -j $cpus obj=${build_dir} &> ${build_dir}/config.log
-	yes "" | $MAKE oldconfig obj=${build_dir} &> ${build_dir}/config.log
+	#yes "" | $MAKE oldconfig -j $cpus obj=${build_dir} objutil=$TARGET/sharedutils &> ${build_dir}/config.log
+	yes "" | $MAKE oldconfig obj=${build_dir} objutil=$TARGET/sharedutils &> ${build_dir}/config.log
 	ret=$?
 	mv .config.old $TARGET/${VENDOR}_${MAINBOARD}/config.in
 	if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@
 	CURR=$( pwd )
 	#stime=`perl -e 'print time();' 2>/dev/null || date +%s`
 	build_dir=$TARGET/${VENDOR}_${MAINBOARD}
-	eval $MAKE $silent -j $cpus obj=${build_dir} \
+	eval $MAKE $silent -j $cpus obj=${build_dir} objutil=$TARGET/sharedutils \
 		&> ${build_dir}/make.log
 	ret=$?
 	mv .config ${build_dir}/config.build
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/Makefile.inc b/util/cbfstool/Makefile.inc
index d2af3d6..ad2e120 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/cbfstool/Makefile.inc
@@ -15,38 +15,38 @@
 
 CBFSTOOLFLAGS=-DCOMPACT -g
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool:
+$(objutil)/cbfstool:
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/%.c
-	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/%.c
+	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/%.cc
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/%.cc
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZMA/%.cpp
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZMA/%.cpp
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZ/%.cpp
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/LZ/%.cpp
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/%.cpp
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/%.cpp
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Common/%.cpp
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/7zip/Common/%.cpp
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/Common/%.cpp
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/%.o: $(top)/util/cbfstool/lzma/C/Common/%.cpp
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)/util/cbfstool/cbfstool: $(obj)/util/cbfstool $(addprefix $(obj)/util/cbfstool/,$(cbfsobj))
-	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@)) (link)\n"
-	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) -o $@ $(addprefix $(obj)/util/cbfstool/,$(cbfsobj))
+$(objutil)/cbfstool/cbfstool: $(objutil)/cbfstool $(addprefix $(objutil)/cbfstool/,$(cbfsobj))
+	printf "    HOSTCXX    $(subst $(objutil)/,,$(@)) (link)\n"
+	$(HOSTCXX) $(CBFSTOOLFLAGS) -o $@ $(addprefix $(objutil)/cbfstool/,$(cbfsobj))
 
diff --git a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
index 4e08135..aa2ce7a 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 sconfigobj += lex.yy.o
 sconfigobj += sconfig.tab.o
 
-$(obj)/util/sconfig:
+$(objutil)/sconfig:
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-$(obj)/util/sconfig/%.o: $(obj)/util/sconfig/%.c
+$(objutil)/sconfig/%.o: $(objutil)/sconfig/%.c
 	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(SCONFIGFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 endif
 
-$(obj)/util/sconfig/lex.yy.o: $(obj)/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.h
+$(objutil)/sconfig/lex.yy.o: $(objutil)/sconfig/sconfig.tab.h
 
-$(obj)/util/sconfig/%: $(top)/util/sconfig/%_shipped
+$(objutil)/sconfig/%: $(top)/util/sconfig/%_shipped
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
-$(obj)/util/sconfig/sconfig: $(obj)/util/sconfig $(addprefix $(obj)/util/sconfig/,$(sconfigobj))
+$(objutil)/sconfig/sconfig: $(objutil)/sconfig $(addprefix $(objutil)/sconfig/,$(sconfigobj))
 	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@)) (link)\n"
-	$(HOSTCC) $(SCONFIGFLAGS) -o $@ $(addprefix $(obj)/util/sconfig/,$(sconfigobj))
+	$(HOSTCC) $(SCONFIGFLAGS) -o $@ $(addprefix $(objutil)/sconfig/,$(sconfigobj))