diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 668118db..ebb4d6d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -227,3 +227,4 @@ plugins:
 	for f in plugins/*; do (cd "$$f" && ${CMD}); done
 
 .PHONY: all dep run debug clean dist allplugins cleanplugins distplugins plugins
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
diff --git a/compile.mk b/compile.mk
index 0a0381a3..31f9707c 100644
--- a/compile.mk
+++ b/compile.mk
@@ -43,29 +43,33 @@ CXXFLAGS += $(FLAGS)
 
 
 # Derive object files from sources and place them before user-defined objects
-SOURCE_OBJECTS += $(patsubst %, build/%.o, $(SOURCES))
+OBJECTS += $(patsubst %, build/%.o, $(SOURCES))
 DEPENDENCIES := $(patsubst %, build/%.d, $(SOURCES))
 
-
 # Final targets
 
-$(TARGET): $(RESOURCES) $(OBJECTS) $(SOURCE_OBJECTS)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(SOURCE_OBJECTS) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 -include $(DEPENDENCIES)
 
-build/%.c.o: %.c
+build/%.c.o: %.c | dep
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.cpp.o: %.cpp
+build/%.cpp.o: %.cpp | dep
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.cc.o: %.cc
+build/%.cc.o: %.cc | dep
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-build/%.m.o: %.m
+build/%.m.o: %.m | dep
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+# Do nothing by default
+dep:
+
+.PHONY: dep
diff --git a/dep.mk b/dep.mk
index 1ee1c7b4..13d93c07 100644
--- a/dep.mk
+++ b/dep.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include $(RACK_DIR)/arch.mk
 
+# The install location for `make install`
 DEP_LOCAL ?= .
 DEP_FLAGS += -g -O3 -march=nocona
 
@@ -28,10 +29,5 @@ $(DEPS): export CXXFLAGS = $(DEP_CXXFLAGS)
 $(DEPS): export LDFLAGS = $(DEP_LDFLAGS)
 
 dep: $(DEPS)
-	@echo
-	@echo "#######################################"
-	@echo "# All dependencies built successfully #"
-	@echo "#######################################"
-	@echo
 
 .PHONY: dep
diff --git a/plugin.mk b/plugin.mk
index e1b78bcb..bd2f53b5 100644
--- a/plugin.mk
+++ b/plugin.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH), win)
 endif
 
 
+DEP_FLAGS += -fPIC
+include $(RACK_DIR)/dep.mk
+
+
 all: $(TARGET)
 
 include $(RACK_DIR)/compile.mk