diff --git a/legacy/elementary/Makefile_Eolian_Helper.am b/legacy/elementary/Makefile_Eolian_Helper.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6106379c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/elementary/Makefile_Eolian_Helper.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+if HAVE_EOLIAN_GEN
+EOLIAN_GEN = @eolian_gen@
+_EOLIAN_GEN_DEP =
+else
+EOLIAN_GEN = EFL_RUN_IN_TREE=1 $(top_builddir)/src/bin/eolian/eolian_gen${EXEEXT}
+_EOLIAN_GEN_DEP = bin/eolian/eolian_gen${EXEEXT}
+endif
+
+AM_V_EOL = $(am__v_EOL_@AM_V@)
+am__v_EOL_ = $(am__v_EOL_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
+am__v_EOL_0 = @echo "  EOLIAN   " $@;
+
+SUFFIXES = .eo .eo.c .eo.h .eo.legacy.h
+
+%.eo.c: %.eo ${_EOLIAN_GEN_DEP}
+	$(AM_V_EOL)$(EOLIAN_GEN) --eo1 --legacy $(EOLIAN_FLAGS) --gc -o $@ $<
+
+%.eo.h: %.eo ${_EOLIAN_GEN_DEP}
+	$(AM_V_EOL)$(EOLIAN_GEN) --eo1 $(EOLIAN_FLAGS) --gh -o $@ $<
+
+%.eo.legacy.h: %.eo ${_EOLIAN_GEN_DEP}
+	$(AM_V_EOL)$(EOLIAN_GEN) --legacy $(EOLIAN_FLAGS) --gh -o $@ $<
+
+CLEANFILES += $(BUILT_SOURCES)
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/configure.ac b/legacy/elementary/configure.ac
index 99d8e3b650..4a95272b74 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/elementary/configure.ac
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ AC_SUBST(requirement_elm)
 
 EFL_WITH_BIN([eet], [eet-eet], [eet])
 EFL_WITH_BIN([edje], [edje-cc], [edje_cc])
+EFL_WITH_BIN([eolian], [eolian-codegen], [eolian_codegen])
 EFL_WITH_BIN([elementary], [elementary-codegen], [elementary_codegen])
 EFL_WITH_BIN([elementary], [elm-prefs-cc], [elm_prefs_cc])
 
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/Makefile.am b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/Makefile.am
index 1d046c4e53..9bea7ba6c0 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS     = 1.4 foreign
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
+include ../../Makefile_Eolian_Helper.am
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 -DELM_INTERNAL_API_ARGESFSDFEFC=1 \
 -DMODULES_PATH=\"$(libdir)/elementary/modules\" \