diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3da42bde43..c1a9b4507c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pkgconfig_DATA += eina.pc eet.pc
 
 doc:
 	@echo "entering doc/"
-	make -C doc doc
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C doc doc
 
 # Unit tests
 
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ if EFL_ENABLE_TESTS
 
 check-local:
 if EFL_ENABLE_COVERAGE
-	@$(MAKE) lcov-reset
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) lcov-reset
 endif
-	@./src/tests/eet/eet_suite
+	@./src/tests/eina/eina_suite$(EXEEXT)
+	@./src/tests/eet/eet_suite$(EXEEXT)
 if EFL_ENABLE_COVERAGE
-	@$(MAKE) lcov-report
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) lcov-report
 endif
 
 endif
@@ -103,22 +104,22 @@ endif
 # benchmark
 
 benchmark:
-	@$(MAKE) -C src benchmark
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C src benchmark
 	@mkdir benchmark || true
-	@cd benchmark && ../src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench `date +%F_%s`
+	@cd benchmark && ../src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench$(EXEEXT) `date +%F_%s`
 
 benchmark-e17:
-	@$(MAKE) -C src benchmark-e17
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C src benchmark-e17
 	@mkdir benchmark || true
-	@cd benchmark && ../src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench `date +%F_%s`
+	@cd benchmark && ../src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench$(EXEEXT) `date +%F_%s`
 
 # examples
 
 examples:
-	@$(MAKE) -C src examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C src examples
 
 install-examples:
-	@$(MAKE) -C src install-examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C src install-examples
 
 # cleaning
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 529892093b..2dd8c0fb6e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ SUBDIRS = lib include modules bin scripts benchmarks tests examples
 .PHONY: benchmark benchmark-e17 examples
 
 benchmark:
-	@make -C lib
-	@$(MAKE) -C benchmarks benchmark
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C lib
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C benchmarks benchmark
 
 benchmark-e17:
-	@make -C lib
-	@$(MAKE) -C benchmarks benchmark-e17
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C lib
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C benchmarks benchmark-e17
 
 examples:
 	@make -C lib
-	@$(MAKE) -C examples examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C examples examples
 
 install-examples:
-	@$(MAKE) -C examples install-examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C examples install-examples
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am b/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
index 1bf18c0e94..b16aab1fd7 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SUBDIRS = eina
 .PHONY: benchmark benchmark-e17
 
 benchmark:
-	@$(MAKE) -C eina benchmark
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eina benchmark
 
 benchmark-e17:
-	@$(MAKE) -C eina benchmark-e17
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eina benchmark-e17
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/Makefile.am b/src/benchmarks/eina/Makefile.am
index 88aec5e91b..d4c39e5dc3 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/Makefile.am
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = eina_bench
 
 benchmark: eina_bench libcity.la
 
-#benchmark-e17: eina_bench
-#	AM_CPPFLAGS += -DEINA_ENABLE_BENCH_E17
+benchmark-e17: eina_bench
+	  @$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) AM_CPPFLAGS="${AM_CPPFLAGS} -DEINA_ENABLE_BENCH_E17"
 
 eina_bench_SOURCES = \
 eina_bench.c \
diff --git a/src/examples/Makefile.am b/src/examples/Makefile.am
index 85c8ca3a4e..59a30d0509 100644
--- a/src/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 SUBDIRS = eina eet
 
 examples:
-	@$(MAKE) -C eina examples
-	@$(MAKE) -C eet examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eina examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eet examples
 
 install-examples:
-	@$(MAKE) -C eina install-examples
-	@$(MAKE) -C eet install-examples
\ No newline at end of file
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eina install-examples
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C eet install-examples