diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 022c987d25b663988b53d16b1482e623bb51f2e3..e852a8d54d841496f39e1b71c8bd6864072802ba 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ PLUGIN_DIR = -DPLUGIN_DIR="$(DESTDIR)/$(plugin_dir)"
 PLUGIN_DIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(PLUGIN_DIR))'
 endif
 
+include $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC)/)../../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 # copy a bit from Linux kbuild
 
 ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
@@ -150,7 +152,6 @@ override CFLAGS += $(udis86-flags) -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
   Q =
-  print_compile =
   print_fpic_compile =
   print_shared_lib_compile =
   print_plugin_obj_compile =
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@ ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
   print_install =
 else
   Q = @
-  print_compile =		echo '  CC       '$(OBJ);
   print_fpic_compile =		echo '  CC FPIC  '$(OBJ);
   print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  BUILD    SHARED LIB '$(OBJ);
   print_plugin_obj_compile =	echo '  CC FPIC  '$(OBJ);
@@ -188,16 +188,13 @@ do_build_static_lib =				\
 	$(RM) $@;  $(AR) rcs $@ $^)
 
 
-define do_compile
-	$(print_compile)						\
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) $< -o $(obj)/$@;
-endef
+do_compile = $(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) $< -o $(obj)/$@;
 
 $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
+	$(call do_compile)
 
 %.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
+	$(call do_compile)
 
 PEVENT_LIB_OBJS  = event-parse.o
 PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += event-plugin.o