diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4631119..c627ca9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+COMPONENTS = conn crypto db thirdparty hashmap identify net os peer record routing secio swarm utils yamux
 
 DEBUG = true
 export DEBUG
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ export DEBUG
 ROOT= $(shell pwd)
 export INCLUDE = -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/c-protobuf -I$(ROOT)/c-multihash/include -I$(ROOT)/c-multiaddr/include
 
+
 OBJS = \
 	conn/*.o \
 	crypto/*.o \
@@ -27,21 +29,7 @@ link: compile
 	ar rcs libp2p.a $(OBJS) $(LINKER_FLAGS)
 
 compile:
-	cd conn; make all;
-	cd crypto; make all;
-	cd db; make all;
-	cd thirdparty; make all;
-	cd hashmap; make all;
-	cd identify; make all;
-	cd net; make all;
-	cd os; make all;
-	cd peer; make all;
-	cd record; make all;
-	cd routing; make all;
-	cd secio; make all;
-	cd swarm; make all;
-	cd utils; make all;
-	cd yamux; make all;
+	$(foreach dir,$(COMPONENTS), $(MAKE) -C $(dir) all ;)
 
 test: compile link
 	cd test; make all;
@@ -51,21 +39,4 @@ rebuild: clean all
 all: test
 
 clean:
-	cd conn; make clean;
-	cd crypto; make clean;
-	cd db; make clean;
-	cd hashmap; make clean;
-	cd identify; make clean;
-	cd net; make clean;
-	cd os; make clean;
-	cd peer; make clean;
-	cd thirdparty; make clean
-	cd record; make clean;
-	cd routing; make clean;
-	cd secio; make clean;
-	cd swarm; make clean;
-	cd utils; make clean;
-	cd test; make clean;
-	cd yamux; make clean;
-	rm -rf libp2p.a
-
+	$(foreach dir,$(COMPONENTS), $(MAKE) -C $(dir) clean ;)