diff --git a/GNUmakefiles/StdTools b/GNUmakefiles/StdTools
index d4c97032f9fa7d721083849a603bf432dc014bc7..5f19d14cab1cd04cb8d289921061dce8884917d2 100644
--- a/GNUmakefiles/StdTools
+++ b/GNUmakefiles/StdTools
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ HDR2H           = perl ${TOOLSDIR}/Build/Hdr2H,102
 INSERTVERSION   = awk -f ${TOOLSDIR}/Build/AwkVers
 INSTRES         = perl ${TOOLSDIR}/Build/InstRes,102
 INSTVIARG       = perl ${TOOLSDIR}/Build/InstViaRG,102
+ifeq (objs,$(notdir ${CURDIR}))
+MAKE            = make -C..
+else
 MAKE            = make
+endif
 MODGEN          = modgen
 MODSQZ          = modsqz
 NOP             = #