diff --git a/rpl/common/rules.mk b/rpl/common/rules.mk
index 22f2978d..badb9961 100644
--- a/rpl/common/rules.mk
+++ b/rpl/common/rules.mk
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ $(OUTPUT).a: rpl.o $(OFILES)
 
 lib.o: lib.c
 	@echo "[CC]  $(notdir $<)"
-	@$(CC) $(DEPSOPTIONS) $(RPLCFLAGS) -S $(INCLUDES) $< -o lib.S
-	@$(CC) $(DEPSOPTIONS) $(RPLCFLAGS) -c lib.S -o $@
+	@$(CC) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) $(RPLCFLAGS) -S $(INCLUDES) $< -o lib.S
+	@$(CC) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) $(RPLCFLAGS) -c lib.S -o $@
 
 rpl.o: $(ODEPS)
-	@$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r $(ODEPS) -o $@
+	@$(LD) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) $(LDFLAGS) -r $(ODEPS) -o $@
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
diff --git a/rules/base.mk b/rules/base.mk
index adf82f21..9ed8eae4 100644
--- a/rules/base.mk
+++ b/rules/base.mk
@@ -21,27 +21,27 @@ ifeq ($(findstring $(PREFIX),$(LD)),)
 LD := $(CC)
 endif
 
-DEPSOPTIONS = -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d
+EXTRA_OPTIONS = 
 
 ifdef VERBOSE
-DEPSOPTIONS += -v
+EXTRA_OPTIONS += -v
 endif
 
 %.o: %.c
 	@echo "[CC]  $(notdir $<)"
-	@$(CC) $(DEPSOPTIONS) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
+	@$(CC) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
 
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo "[CXX] $(notdir $<)"
-	@$(CXX) $(DEPSOPTIONS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
+	@$(CXX) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
 
 %.o: %.s
 	@echo "[CC]  $(notdir $<)"
-	@$(AS) $(DEPSOPTIONS) -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
+	@$(AS) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
 
 %.o: %.S
 	@echo "[CC]  $(notdir $<)"
-	@$(AS) $(DEPSOPTIONS) -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
+	@$(AS) $(EXTRA_OPTIONS) -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $< -o $@
 
 %.a:
 	@echo "[AR]  $(notdir $@)"