diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03ddb924..d4d7d3fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ all: config.h $(EXEC)
 	+$(MAKE) -C plugins $@
 
 $(DEPLIBS): Makefile
-	+$(MAKE) -C `dirname $@` all
+	+$(MAKE) -C `dirname \`dirname $@\`` all
 
 $(OBJS): Makefile
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 03f257a7..fc1112da 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@ if [ x"$libite" != x"" ]; then
         echo "LDLIBS     += -l:libite.so.2"                       >> config.mk
 else
         echo "LDFLAGS    += -L\$(TOPDIR)/libite"                  >> config.mk
-        echo "LDLIBS     += -lite"                                >> config.mk
-        echo "DEPLIBS    += libite/libite.a"                      >> config.mk
+        echo "DEPLIBS    += libite/.libs/libite.a"                >> config.mk
 fi
 
 if [ x"$libuev" != x"" ]; then
@@ -391,8 +390,7 @@ if [ x"$libuev" != x"" ]; then
         echo "LDLIBS     += -l:libuev.so.1"                       >> config.mk
 else
         echo "LDFLAGS    += -L\$(TOPDIR)/libuev"                  >> config.mk
-        echo "LDLIBS     += -luev"                                >> config.mk
-        echo "DEPLIBS    += libuev/libuev.a"                      >> config.mk
+        echo "DEPLIBS    += libuev/.libs/libuev.a"                >> config.mk
 fi
 
 echo                                                              >> config.mk