diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index 43fc9b0678..73cf22afde 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
             --without-plugin-innodb_plugin \
             --without-plugin-ndbcluster \
 
-make
+make -C include
+make -C libmysql
+make -C scripts
 
-$MAKEINSTALL
+$MAKEINSTALL -C include
+$MAKEINSTALL -C libmysql
 
 for i in `ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient*.so*`; do 
   ln -v -sf $i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib