diff --git a/tools/console/Makefile b/tools/console/Makefile
index 207c04c9cd..63bd2ac302 100644
--- a/tools/console/Makefile
+++ b/tools/console/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,7 @@
 XEN_ROOT=$(CURDIR)/../..
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
 
-CFLAGS  += -Werror
+SUBDIRS-y := daemon client
 
-CFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
-CFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS_libxenstore)
-LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl)
-LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenstore)
-LDLIBS += $(SOCKET_LIBS)
-
-LDLIBS_xenconsoled += $(UTIL_LIBS)
-LDLIBS_xenconsoled += -lrt
-CONSOLE_CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM) = -DCONFIG_ARM
-
-BIN      = xenconsoled xenconsole
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: $(BIN)
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	$(RM) *.a *.so *.o *.rpm $(BIN) $(DEPS_RM)
-	$(RM) client/*.o daemon/*.o
-
-.PHONY: distclean
-distclean: clean
-
-daemon/main.o: CFLAGS += -include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/config.h
-daemon/io.o: CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenevtchn) $(CFLAGS_libxengnttab) $(CFLAGS_libxenforeignmemory) $(CONSOLE_CFLAGS-y)
-xenconsoled: $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard daemon/*.c))
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_libxenevtchn) $(LDLIBS_libxengnttab) $(LDLIBS_libxenforeignmemory) $(LDLIBS_xenconsoled) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
-
-client/main.o: CFLAGS += -include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/config.h
-xenconsole: $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard client/*.c))
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_xenconsole) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: $(BIN)
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)
-	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenconsoled $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
-	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenconsole $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
-
-.PHONY: uninstall
-uninstall:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)/xenconsole
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/xenconsoled
-
--include $(DEPS_INCLUDE)
+.PHONY: all clean install distclean uninstall
+all clean install distclean uninstall: %: subdirs-%
diff --git a/tools/console/client/Makefile b/tools/console/client/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44176c6d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/console/client/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+XEN_ROOT=$(CURDIR)/../../..
+include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
+
+CFLAGS += -Werror
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenstore)
+CFLAGS += -include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/config.h
+
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl)
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenstore)
+LDLIBS += $(SOCKET_LIBS)
+
+OBJS-y := main.o
+
+TARGETS := xenconsole
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+xenconsole: $(OBJS-y)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDLIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: all
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
+	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenconsole $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
+
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)/xenconsole
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.o $(TARGETS) $(DEPS_RM)
+
+.PHONY: distclean
+distclean: clean
+
+-include $(DEPS_INCLUDE)
diff --git a/tools/console/daemon/Makefile b/tools/console/daemon/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f004f0b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/console/daemon/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+XEN_ROOT=$(CURDIR)/../../..
+include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
+
+CFLAGS += -Werror
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenstore)
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenevtchn)
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxengnttab)
+CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenforeignmemory)
+CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM) += -DCONFIG_ARM
+CFLAGS += -include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/config.h
+
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl)
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenstore)
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenevtchn)
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxengnttab)
+LDLIBS += $(LDLIBS_libxenforeignmemory)
+LDLIBS += $(SOCKET_LIBS)
+LDLIBS += $(UTIL_LIBS)
+LDLIBS += -lrt
+
+OBJS-y := main.o
+OBJS-y += io.o
+OBJS-y += utils.o
+
+TARGETS := xenconsoled
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+xenconsoled: $(OBJS-y)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDLIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: all
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)
+	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenconsoled $(DESTDIR)/$(sbindir)
+
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/xenconsoled
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.o $(TARGETS) $(DEPS_RM)
+
+.PHONY: distclean
+distclean: clean
+
+-include $(DEPS_INCLUDE)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18ef56a780..7cf26051db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ tools/libs/util/libxenutil.map
 tools/libs/vchan/headers.chk
 tools/libs/vchan/libxenvchan.map
 tools/libs/vchan/xenvchan.pc
-tools/console/xenconsole
-tools/console/xenconsoled
 tools/debugger/gdb/gdb-6.2.1-linux-i386-xen/*
 tools/debugger/gdb/gdb-6.2.1/*
 tools/debugger/gdb/gdb-6.2.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/tools/console/client/.gitignore b/tools/console/client/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b096a1d841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/console/client/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/xenconsole
diff --git a/tools/console/daemon/.gitignore b/tools/console/daemon/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55c8f84664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/console/daemon/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/xenconsoled
