1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/subdirs.mk b/subdirs.mk
index a39b038..b742d75 100644
--- a/subdirs.mk
+++ b/subdirs.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 export dir_symbol += -
 
+USE_ABSOLUTE_TOPDIR ?= 0
+ifneq ($(USE_ABSOLUTE_TOPDIR),0)
+	TOPDIR_FOR_SUBDIR=$(shell pwd)
+endif
+
 nullstring :=
 space := $(nullstring) # keep it to assign space
 
@@ -9,6 +14,10 @@ subdirs: $(SUBDIRS)
 
 $(SUBDIRS):
 	echo $(subst $(space),,$(dir_symbol))'|' $@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
+ifeq ($(USE_ABSOLUTE_TOPDIR),0)
 	$(MAKE) -C $@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
+else
+	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR_FOR_SUBDIR)" $(MAKE) -C $@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
+endif
 
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS)