diff --git a/runtime/Makefile.am b/runtime/Makefile.am
index 32af2e1..9e23ca6 100644
--- a/runtime/Makefile.am
+++ b/runtime/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+SUBDIRS = native/i386
+
 lib_LIBRARIES = libsyn68k.a
 include_HEADERS = ../include/syn68k_public.h
 
diff --git a/runtime/native/i386/Makefile.am b/runtime/native/i386/Makefile.am
index 2f53f7f..ecac607 100644
--- a/runtime/native/i386/Makefile.am
+++ b/runtime/native/i386/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+# Although this is nominally processed by automake, it's really a bunch
+# of stuff we do by hand that we never converted to the proper automake
+# method
+
 CC_FOR_BUILD=@CC_FOR_BUILD@
 CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=@CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD@
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES =
 
+CLEANFILES = obj-stmp *.o
+
 runtimedir = $(top_srcdir)/runtime
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/include \