Index: Makefile
===================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -422,16 +422,19 @@
 .if !defined(MAKE_JUST_KERNELS)
 .for target_arch in ${TARGET_ARCHES_${target}}
 universe_${target}: universe_${target}_${target_arch}
-universe_${target}_${target_arch}: universe_${target}_prologue .MAKE
+universe_${target}_${target_arch}_prologue: universe_${target}_prologue
+	@mkdir -p ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/${target}.${target_arch}
+
+universe_${target}_${target_arch}: universe_${target}_${target_arch}_prologue .MAKE
 	@echo ">> ${target}.${target_arch} ${UNIVERSE_TARGET} started on `LC_ALL=C date`"
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && env __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null \
 	    ${SUB_MAKE} ${JFLAG} ${UNIVERSE_TARGET} \
 	    TARGET=${target} \
 	    TARGET_ARCH=${target_arch} \
-	    > _.${target}.${target_arch}.${UNIVERSE_TARGET} 2>&1 || \
+	    > ${.OBJDIR}/_.${target}.${target_arch}.${UNIVERSE_TARGET} 2>&1 || \
 	    (echo "${target}.${target_arch} ${UNIVERSE_TARGET} failed," \
-	    "check _.${target}.${target_arch}.${UNIVERSE_TARGET} for details" | \
-	    ${MAKEFAIL}))
+	    "check ${.OBJDIR}/_.${target}.${target_arch}.${UNIVERSE_TARGET} " \
+	    "for details" | ${MAKEFAIL}))
 	@echo ">> ${target}.${target_arch} ${UNIVERSE_TARGET} completed on `LC_ALL=C date`"
 .endfor
 .endif
@@ -446,9 +449,9 @@
 universe_${target}_kernels: universe_${target}_prologue .MAKE
 .if exists(${KERNSRCDIR}/${target}/conf/NOTES)
 	@(cd ${KERNSRCDIR}/${target}/conf && env __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null \
-	    ${SUB_MAKE} LINT > ${.CURDIR}/_.${target}.makeLINT 2>&1 || \
+	    ${SUB_MAKE} LINT > ${.OBJDIR}/_.${target}.makeLINT 2>&1 || \
 	    (echo "${target} 'make LINT' failed," \
-	    "check _.${target}.makeLINT for details"| ${MAKEFAIL}))
+	    "check ${.OBJDIR}/_.${target}.makeLINT for details" | ${MAKEFAIL}))
 .endif
 	@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${SUB_MAKE} ${.MAKEFLAGS} TARGET=${target} \
 	    universe_kernels
@@ -482,10 +485,9 @@
 	    ${SUB_MAKE} ${JFLAG} buildkernel \
 	    TARGET=${TARGET} \
 	    TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH_${kernel}} \
-	    KERNCONF=${kernel} \
-	    > _.${TARGET}.${kernel} 2>&1 || \
+	    KERNCONF=${kernel} > ${.OBJDIR}/_.${TARGET}.${kernel} 2>&1 || \
 	    (echo "${TARGET} ${kernel} kernel failed," \
-	    "check _.${TARGET}.${kernel} for details"| ${MAKEFAIL}))
+	    "check ${.OBJDIR}/_.${TARGET}.${kernel} for details" | ${MAKEFAIL}))
 .endfor
 universe: universe_epilogue
 universe_epilogue: