diff --git a/buildsys.mk.in b/buildsys.mk.in
index 0930cd4..a993269 100644
--- a/buildsys.mk.in
+++ b/buildsys.mk.in
@@ -112,9 +112,13 @@ MO_FILES = ${LOCALES:.po=.mo}
 .PHONY: all subdirs pre-depend depend install install-extra uninstall uninstall-extra clean distclean locales ${SUBDIRS}
 
 all:
+	${MAKE} pre-all
 	${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} subdirs
 	${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} depend
 	${MAKE} ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB_NOINST} ${SHARED_LIB} ${SHARED_LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST} ${JARFILE} locales
+	${MAKE} post-all
+
+pre-all post-all:
 
 subdirs: ${SUBDIRS}