diff --git a/tools/checkwps/buildall.sh b/tools/checkwps/buildall.sh
index 23fc7ff7f4..4a6f11a419 100755
--- a/tools/checkwps/buildall.sh
+++ b/tools/checkwps/buildall.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-cat targets.txt | (
+rootdir=`dirname $0`
+
+cat $rootdir/targets.txt | (
     while read target model
     do
-        rm -f checkwps.$model
-        make MODEL=$model TARGET=$target checkwps
+        rm -f $rootdir/checkwps.$model
+        make -s -C $rootdir MODEL=$model TARGET=$target checkwps
     done
 )
diff --git a/tools/checkwps/cleanall.sh b/tools/checkwps/cleanall.sh
index 6cd1a90676..8310878fd5 100755
--- a/tools/checkwps/cleanall.sh
+++ b/tools/checkwps/cleanall.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-cat targets.txt | (
+rootdir=`dirname $0`
+
+cat $rootdir/targets.txt | (
     while read target model
     do
-        rm -f checkwps.$model
+        rm -f $rootdir/checkwps.$model
     done
 )