diff --git a/legacy/elementary/data/objects/Makefile.am b/legacy/elementary/data/objects/Makefile.am
index f18e34743a..7fde81eb2e 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/data/objects/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/elementary/data/objects/Makefile.am
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test_prefs.edj: Makefile test_prefs.edc
 	$(top_builddir)/data/objects/test_prefs.edj
 
 test_prefs.epb: Makefile test_prefs.epc
-	$(ELM_PREFS_CC) $(ELM_PREFS_FLAGS) \
+	$(AM_V_EPB)$(ELM_PREFS_CC) $(ELM_PREFS_FLAGS) \
 	$(top_srcdir)/data/objects/test_prefs.epc \
 	$(top_builddir)/data/objects/test_prefs.epb
 
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/m4/efl_binary.m4 b/legacy/elementary/m4/efl_binary.m4
index f6262dc737..91a26b2a89 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/m4/efl_binary.m4
+++ b/legacy/elementary/m4/efl_binary.m4
@@ -59,8 +59,14 @@ dnl configure option
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([$2],
    [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-$2=PATH], [specify a specific path to ]DOWN[ @<:@default=$3@:>@])],
-   [_efl_with_binary=${withval}],
-   [_efl_with_binary=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix $1)/bin/$3])
+   [
+    _efl_with_binary=${withval}
+    _efl_binary_define="yes"
+   ],
+   [
+    _efl_with_binary=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix $1)/bin/$3
+    _efl_binary_define="no"
+   ])
 
 DOWN=${_efl_with_binary}
 AC_MSG_NOTICE(DOWN[ set to ${_efl_with_binary}])