diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0a3e27aa..b7ffc1b03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 SUBS = \
-  src/boost/format/Makefile \
-  src/libutil/Makefile \
-  src/libstore/Makefile \
-  src/libmain/Makefile \
-  src/libexpr/Makefile \
-  src/nix-hash/Makefile \
-  src/nix-store/Makefile \
-  src/nix-instantiate/Makefile \
-  src/nix-env/Makefile \
-  src/nix-daemon/Makefile \
-  src/nix-log2xml/Makefile \
-  src/bsdiff-4.3/Makefile \
-  perl/Makefile \
-  scripts/Makefile \
-  corepkgs/Makefile \
-  tests/Makefile \
+  src/boost/format/local.mk \
+  src/libutil/local.mk \
+  src/libstore/local.mk \
+  src/libmain/local.mk \
+  src/libexpr/local.mk \
+  src/nix-hash/local.mk \
+  src/nix-store/local.mk \
+  src/nix-instantiate/local.mk \
+  src/nix-env/local.mk \
+  src/nix-daemon/local.mk \
+  src/nix-log2xml/local.mk \
+  src/bsdiff-4.3/local.mk \
+  perl/local.mk \
+  scripts/local.mk \
+  corepkgs/local.mk \
+  tests/local.mk \
 
 GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS = -I . -I src -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libmain -I src/libexpr
 
diff --git a/corepkgs/Makefile b/corepkgs/local.mk
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rename from corepkgs/Makefile
rename to corepkgs/local.mk
diff --git a/perl/Makefile b/perl/local.mk
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rename from perl/Makefile
rename to perl/local.mk
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/local.mk
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rename from scripts/Makefile
rename to scripts/local.mk
diff --git a/src/boost/format/Makefile b/src/boost/format/local.mk
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rename from src/boost/format/Makefile
rename to src/boost/format/local.mk
diff --git a/src/bsdiff-4.3/Makefile b/src/bsdiff-4.3/local.mk
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rename from src/bsdiff-4.3/Makefile
rename to src/bsdiff-4.3/local.mk
diff --git a/src/libexpr/Makefile b/src/libexpr/local.mk
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rename from src/libexpr/Makefile
rename to src/libexpr/local.mk
diff --git a/src/libmain/Makefile b/src/libmain/local.mk
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rename from src/libmain/Makefile
rename to src/libmain/local.mk
diff --git a/src/libstore/Makefile b/src/libstore/local.mk
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rename from src/libstore/Makefile
rename to src/libstore/local.mk
diff --git a/src/libutil/Makefile b/src/libutil/local.mk
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rename from src/libutil/Makefile
rename to src/libutil/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-daemon/Makefile b/src/nix-daemon/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-daemon/Makefile
rename to src/nix-daemon/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-env/Makefile b/src/nix-env/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-env/Makefile
rename to src/nix-env/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-hash/Makefile b/src/nix-hash/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-hash/Makefile
rename to src/nix-hash/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile b/src/nix-instantiate/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-instantiate/Makefile
rename to src/nix-instantiate/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-log2xml/Makefile b/src/nix-log2xml/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-log2xml/Makefile
rename to src/nix-log2xml/local.mk
diff --git a/src/nix-store/Makefile b/src/nix-store/local.mk
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rename from src/nix-store/Makefile
rename to src/nix-store/local.mk
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/local.mk
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rename from tests/Makefile
rename to tests/local.mk