diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/.gitignore b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/.gitignore
index a026df7dc280..25f308c933cc 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
-/bpf_helper_defs.h
 /fixdep
 /resolve_btfids
diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
index bf656432ad73..1d46a247ec95 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ OUTPUT ?= $(srctree)/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/
 LIBBPF_SRC := $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
 SUBCMD_SRC := $(srctree)/tools/lib/subcmd/
 
-BPFOBJ     := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf.a
-SUBCMDOBJ  := $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd.a
+BPFOBJ     := $(OUTPUT)/libbpf/libbpf.a
+SUBCMDOBJ  := $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd/libsubcmd.a
 
 BINARY     := $(OUTPUT)/resolve_btfids
 BINARY_IN  := $(BINARY)-in.o
 
 all: $(BINARY)
 
-$(OUTPUT):
+$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)/libbpf $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd:
 	$(call msg,MKDIR,,$@)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(@)
 
-$(SUBCMDOBJ): fixdep FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_SRC) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)
+$(SUBCMDOBJ): fixdep FORCE | $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_SRC) OUTPUT=$(abspath $(dir $@))/ $(abspath $@)
 
-$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch] $(LIBBPF_SRC)/Makefile) | $(OUTPUT)
+$(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch] $(LIBBPF_SRC)/Makefile) | $(OUTPUT)/libbpf
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(LIBBPF_SRC)  OUTPUT=$(abspath $(dir $@))/ $(abspath $@)
 
 CFLAGS := -g \
@@ -57,23 +57,19 @@ LIBS = -lelf -lz
 export srctree OUTPUT CFLAGS Q
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
 
-$(BINARY_IN): fixdep FORCE
+$(BINARY_IN): fixdep FORCE | $(OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=resolve_btfids
 
 $(BINARY): $(BPFOBJ) $(SUBCMDOBJ) $(BINARY_IN)
 	$(call msg,LINK,$@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(BINARY_IN) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(BPFOBJ) $(SUBCMDOBJ) $(LIBS)
 
-libsubcmd-clean:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_SRC) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT) clean
-
-libbpf-clean:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(LIBBPF_SRC) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT) clean
-
-clean: libsubcmd-clean libbpf-clean fixdep-clean
+clean: fixdep-clean
 	$(call msg,CLEAN,$(BINARY))
 	$(Q)$(RM) -f $(BINARY); \
 	$(RM) -rf $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.)/feature; \
+	$(RM) -rf $(OUTPUT)/libbpf; \
+	$(RM) -rf $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd; \
 	find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name \*.o -or -name \*.o.cmd -or -name \*.o.d | xargs $(RM)
 
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