diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+#
+# Typically development is done in each subdir, but we have a tiny
+# makefile here to make it easy to run simple targets across all the
+# subdirs.
+#
+
+SUBDIRS := kmod utils tests
+NOTTESTS := kmod utils
+
+all clean: $(SUBDIRS) FORCE
+dist: $(NOTTESTS) FORCE
+
+$(SUBDIRS): FORCE
+	$(MAKE) -C $@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
+
+all:
+FORCE: