diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 8cfd60c..cb1c4af 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -46,13 +46,41 @@ PLATFORM_LDFLAGS =
 
 #########################################################################
 
+HOSTCFLAGS	= -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer \
+		  $(HOSTCPPFLAGS)
+HOSTSTRIP	= strip
+
+#
+# Mac OS X / Darwin's C preprocessor is Apple specific.  It
+# generates numerous errors and warnings.  We want to bypass it
+# and use GNU C's cpp.  To do this we pass the -traditional-cpp
+# option to the compiler.  Note that the -traditional-cpp flag
+# DOES NOT have the same semantics as GNU C's flag, all it does
+# is invoke the GNU preprocessor in stock ANSI/ISO C fashion.
+#
+# Apple's linker is similar, thanks to the new 2 stage linking
+# multiple symbol definitions are treated as errors, hence the
+# -multiply_defined suppress option to turn off this error.
+#
+
 ifeq ($(HOSTOS),darwin)
 HOSTCC		= cc
+HOSTCFLAGS	+= -traditional-cpp
+HOSTLDFLAGS	+= -multiply_defined suppress
 else
 HOSTCC		= gcc
 endif
-HOSTCFLAGS	= -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-HOSTSTRIP	= strip
+
+ifeq ($(HOSTOS),cygwin)
+HOSTCFLAGS	+= -ansi
+endif
+
+# We build some files with extra pedantic flags to try to minimize things
+# that won't build on some weird host compiler -- though there are lots of
+# exceptions for files that aren't complaint.
+
+HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED = $(filter-out -pedantic,$(HOSTCFLAGS))
+HOSTCFLAGS	+= -pedantic
 
 #########################################################################
 #
@@ -200,7 +228,7 @@ endif
 
 #########################################################################
 
-export	HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE \
+export	HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS PEDCFLAGS HOSTSTRIP CROSS_COMPILE \
 	AS LD CC CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE
 export	TEXT_BASE PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS PLATFORM_RELFLAGS CPPFLAGS CFLAGS AFLAGS
 
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 6f999dd..c1670ac 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@
 
 _depend:	$(obj).depend
 
-$(obj).depend:	$(src)Makefile $(TOPDIR)/config.mk $(SRCS)
+$(obj).depend:	$(src)Makefile $(TOPDIR)/config.mk $(SRCS) $(HOSTSRCS)
 		@rm -f $@
 		@for f in $(SRCS); do \
 			g=`basename $$f | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\.\w/\1.o/'`; \
-			$(CC) -M $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -MQ $(obj)$$g $$f >> $@ ; \
+			$(CC) -M $(CPPFLAGS) -MQ $(obj)$$g $$f >> $@ ; \
 		done
+		@for f in $(HOSTSRCS); do \
+			g=`basename $$f | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\.\w/\1.o/'`; \
+			$(HOSTCC) -M $(HOSTCPPFLAGS) -MQ $(obj)$$g $$f >> $@ ; \
+		done
+
+$(HOSTOBJS): $(obj)%.o: %.c
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(@F)) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(BCURDIR)) -o $@ $< -c
+$(NOPEDOBJS): $(obj)%.o: %.c
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(@F)) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(BCURDIR)) -o $@ $< -c
 
 #########################################################################
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index b04e3f3..5b8c3c3 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -24,33 +24,6 @@
 TOOLSUBDIRS =
 
 #
-# Mac OS X / Darwin's C preprocessor is Apple specific.  It
-# generates numerous errors and warnings.  We want to bypass it
-# and use GNU C's cpp.  To do this we pass the -traditional-cpp
-# option to the compiler.  Note that the -traditional-cpp flag
-# DOES NOT have the same semantics as GNU C's flag, all it does
-# is invoke the GNU preprocessor in stock ANSI/ISO C fashion.
-#
-# Apple's linker is similar, thanks to the new 2 stage linking
-# multiple symbol definitions are treated as errors, hence the
-# -multiply_defined suppress option to turn off this error.
-#
-
-HOSTCFLAGS = -Wall
-HOST_LDFLAGS =
-
-ifeq ($(HOSTOS)-$(HOSTARCH),darwin-ppc)
-HOSTCFLAGS += -traditional-cpp
-HOST_LDFLAGS += -multiply_defined suppress
-else
-HOSTCFLAGS += -pedantic
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(HOSTOS),cygwin)
-HOSTCFLAGS += -ansi
-endif
-
-#
 # toolchains targeting win32 generate .exe files
 #
 ifneq (,$(findstring WIN32 ,$(shell $(HOSTCC) -E -dM -xc /dev/null)))
@@ -93,16 +66,16 @@ EXT_OBJ_FILES-y += lib_generic/sha1.o
 # Source files located in the tools directory
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_LCD_LOGO) += bmp_logo.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO) += bmp_logo.o
-OBJ_FILES-y += default_image.o
-OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED) += envcrc.o
-OBJ_FILES-y += fit_image.o
+NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y += default_image.o
+OBJ_FILES-y += envcrc.o
+NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y += fit_image.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_CMD_NET) += gen_eth_addr.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_CMD_LOADS) += img2srec.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_INCA_IP) += inca-swap-bytes.o
-OBJ_FILES-y += kwbimage.o
-OBJ_FILES-y += mkimage.o
+NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y += kwbimage.o
+NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y += mkimage.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_NETCONSOLE) += ncb.o
-OBJ_FILES-y += os_support.o
+NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y += os_support.o
 OBJ_FILES-$(CONFIG_SHA1_CHECK_UB_IMG) += ubsha1.o
 
 # Don't build by default
@@ -134,57 +107,52 @@ LOGO_BMP= logos/ronetix.bmp
 endif
 
 # now $(obj) is defined
-SRCS	+= $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/,$(EXT_OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
-SRCS	+= $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/tools/,$(OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
-SRCS	+= $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/libfdt/,$(LIBFDT_OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
+HOSTSRCS += $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/,$(EXT_OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
+HOSTSRCS += $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/tools/,$(OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
+HOSTSRCS += $(addprefix $(SRCTREE)/libfdt/,$(LIBFDT_OBJ_FILES-y:.o=.c))
 BINS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(sort $(BIN_FILES-y)))
 LIBFDT_OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(LIBFDT_OBJ_FILES-y))
 
+HOSTOBJS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(OBJ_FILES-y))
+NOPEDOBJS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(NOPED_OBJ_FILES-y))
+
 #
 # Use native tools and options
 # Define __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES to prevent typedef overlaps
 #
-CPPFLAGS   = -idirafter $(SRCTREE)/include \
+HOSTCPPFLAGS =	-idirafter $(SRCTREE)/include \
 		-idirafter $(OBJTREE)/include2 \
 		-idirafter $(OBJTREE)/include \
 	        -I $(SRCTREE)/libfdt \
 		-I $(SRCTREE)/tools \
 		-DTEXT_BASE=$(TEXT_BASE) -DUSE_HOSTCC \
 		-D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES
-CFLAGS     = $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -O
-
-# No -pedantic switch to avoid libfdt compilation warnings
-FIT_CFLAGS = -Wall $(CPPFLAGS) -O
 
-AFLAGS	   = -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(CPPFLAGS)
-CC	   = $(HOSTCC)
-STRIP	   = $(HOSTSTRIP)
-MAKEDEPEND = makedepend
 
 all:	$(obj).depend $(BINS) $(LOGO-y) subdirs
 
 $(obj)bin2header$(SFX): $(obj)bin2header.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)bmp_logo$(SFX):	$(obj)bmp_logo.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)envcrc$(SFX):	$(obj)crc32.o $(obj)env_embedded.o $(obj)envcrc.o $(obj)sha1.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 $(obj)gen_eth_addr$(SFX):	$(obj)gen_eth_addr.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)img2srec$(SFX):	$(obj)img2srec.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)inca-swap-bytes$(SFX):	$(obj)inca-swap-bytes.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)mkimage$(SFX):	$(obj)crc32.o \
 			$(obj)default_image.o \
@@ -196,48 +164,29 @@ $(obj)mkimage$(SFX):	$(obj)crc32.o \
 			$(obj)os_support.o \
 			$(obj)sha1.o \
 			$(LIBFDT_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)mpc86x_clk$(SFX):	$(obj)mpc86x_clk.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)ncb$(SFX):	$(obj)ncb.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTSTRIP) $@
 
 $(obj)ubsha1$(SFX):	$(obj)os_support.o $(obj)sha1.o $(obj)ubsha1.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
-
-# Some files complain if compiled with -pedantic, use FIT_CFLAGS
-$(obj)default_image.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/default_image.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)fit_image.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/fit_image.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)image.o: $(SRCTREE)/common/image.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)kwbimage.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/kwbimage.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)mkimage.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/mkimage.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)os_support.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/os_support.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 # Some of the tool objects need to be accessed from outside the tools directory
 $(obj)%.o: $(SRCTREE)/common/%.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(HOSTCC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)%.o: $(SRCTREE)/lib_generic/%.c
-	$(CC) -g $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(HOSTCC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(LIBFDT_OBJS):
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(HOSTCC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
 subdirs:
 ifeq ($(TOOLSUBDIRS),)
@@ -247,8 +196,6 @@ else
 	    $(MAKE) \
 		HOSTOS=$(HOSTOS) \
 		HOSTARCH=$(HOSTARCH) \
-		HOSTCFLAGS="$(HOSTCFLAGS)" \
-		HOST_LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 		-C $$dir || exit 1 ; \
 	done
 endif
diff --git a/tools/easylogo/Makefile b/tools/easylogo/Makefile
index 566b125..d8e28b0 100644
--- a/tools/easylogo/Makefile
+++ b/tools/easylogo/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-CFLAGS += -Wall
+include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-all: easylogo
+all: $(obj)easylogo
+
+$(obj)easylogo: $(SRCTREE)/tools/easylogo/easylogo.c
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
-	rm -f easylogo *.o
+	rm -f $(obj)easylogo
 
 .PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/tools/gdb/Makefile b/tools/gdb/Makefile
index 0a5687d..90037c7 100644
--- a/tools/gdb/Makefile
+++ b/tools/gdb/Makefile
@@ -30,17 +30,14 @@ BINS	= gdbsend gdbcont
 
 COBJS	= gdbsend.o gdbcont.o error.o remote.o serial.o
 
-OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
-SRCS	:= $(COBJS:.o=.c)
+HOSTOBJS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
+HOSTSRCS := $(COBJS:.o=.c)
 BINS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(BINS))
 
 #
 # Use native tools and options
 #
-CPPFLAGS   = -I$(BFD_ROOT_DIR)/include
-CFLAGS     = $(HOSTCFLAGS) -O $(CPPFLAGS)
-CC	   = $(HOSTCC)
-MAKEDEPEND = makedepend
+HOSTCPPFLAGS = -I$(BFD_ROOT_DIR)/include
 
 HOSTOS := $(shell uname -s | sed -e 's/\([Cc][Yy][Gg][Ww][Ii][Nn]\).*/cygwin/')
 
@@ -54,13 +51,13 @@ else	# ! CYGWIN
 all:	$(obj).depend $(BINS)
 
 $(obj)gdbsend:	$(obj)gdbsend.o $(obj)error.o $(obj)remote.o $(obj)serial.o
-		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+		$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 $(obj)gdbcont:	$(obj)gdbcont.o $(obj)error.o $(obj)remote.o $(obj)serial.o
-		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+		$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $(HOSTOBJS)
 
 distclean:	clean
 	rm -f $(BINS) $(obj)core $(obj)*.bak $(obj).depend
diff --git a/tools/imls/Makefile b/tools/imls/Makefile
index 59b928c..9b2afb0 100644
--- a/tools/imls/Makefile
+++ b/tools/imls/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-HOSTCFLAGS = -Wall -pedantic
-
 # Generated executable files
 BIN_FILES-y += imls
 
@@ -48,50 +46,43 @@ BINS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(sort $(BIN_FILES-y)))
 LIBFDT_OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(LIBFDT_OBJ_FILES-y))
 
 #
-# Use native tools and options
+# Compile for a hosted environment on the target
 # Define __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES to prevent typedef overlaps
 #
-CPPFLAGS   = -idirafter $(SRCTREE)/include \
+HOSTCPPFLAGS  = -idirafter $(SRCTREE)/include \
 		-idirafter $(OBJTREE)/include2 \
 		-idirafter $(OBJTREE)/include \
 	        -I $(SRCTREE)/libfdt \
 		-I $(SRCTREE)/tools \
 		-DUSE_HOSTCC -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES
-CFLAGS     = $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -O
-
-# No -pedantic switch to avoid libfdt compilation warnings
-FIT_CFLAGS = -Wall $(CPPFLAGS) -O
-
-CC	   = $(CROSS_COMPILER)gcc
-STRIP	   = $(CROSS_COMPILER)strip
 
 ifeq ($(MTD_VERSION),old)
-CPPFLAGS += -DMTD_OLD
+HOSTCPPFLAGS += -DMTD_OLD
 endif
 
 all:	$(BINS)
 
 $(obj)imls:	$(obj)imls.o $(obj)crc32.o $(obj)image.o $(obj)md5.o \
 		$(obj)sha1.o $(LIBFDT_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
 # Some files complain if compiled with -pedantic, use FIT_CFLAGS
 $(obj)image.o: $(SRCTREE)/common/image.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(obj)imls.o: imls.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+$(obj)imls.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/imls/imls.c
+	$(CC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
 # Some of the tool objects need to be accessed from outside the tools/imls directory
 $(obj)%.o: $(SRCTREE)/common/%.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)%.o: $(SRCTREE)/lib_generic/%.c
-	$(CC) -g $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)%.o: $(SRCTREE)/libfdt/%.c
-	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -g $(HOSTCFLAGS_NOPED) -c -o $@ $<
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf *.o imls