diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index fbfc14a..585d334 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # arch/arm/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@
 
 archprepare: maketools
 
-.PHONY: maketools FORCE
+PHONY += maketools FORCE
 maketools: include/linux/version.h include/asm-arm/.arch FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm/tools include/asm-arm/mach-types.h
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
index a174d63..ec9c400c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # arch/arm/boot/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
-.PHONY: initrd FORCE
+PHONY += initrd FORCE
 initrd:
 	@test "$(INITRD_PHYS)" != "" || \
 	(echo This machine does not support INITRD; exit -1)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
index 8e8879b..c394e30 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # linux/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 
 LDFLAGS_bootp	:=-p --no-undefined -X \
 		 --defsym initrd_phys=$(INITRD_PHYS) \
@@ -21,4 +24,4 @@
 
 $(obj)/initrd.o: $(INITRD) FORCE
 
-.PHONY:	$(INITRD) FORCE
+PHONY += $(INITRD) FORCE
diff --git a/arch/arm26/Makefile b/arch/arm26/Makefile
index 844a9e4..fe91eda 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm26/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # arch/arm26/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@
 
 boot := arch/arm26/boot
 
-.PHONY: maketools FORCE
+PHONY += maketools FORCE
 maketools: FORCE
-	
+
 
 # Convert bzImage to zImage
 bzImage: vmlinux
diff --git a/arch/arm26/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm26/boot/Makefile
index b5c2277..68acb7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm26/boot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # arch/arm26/boot/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@
 	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 endif
 
-.PHONY: initrd
+PHONY += initrd
 initrd:
 	@test "$(INITRD_PHYS)" != "" || \
 	(echo This machine does not support INITRD; exit -1)
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
index 36bef65..ff6973a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
 
 boot := arch/i386/boot
 
-.PHONY: zImage bzImage compressed zlilo bzlilo \
-	zdisk bzdisk fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 install
+PHONY += zImage bzImage compressed zlilo bzlilo \
+         zdisk bzdisk fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 install
 
 all: bzImage
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Makefile b/arch/ia64/Makefile
index f722e1a..80ea750 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ia64/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # ia64/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@
 
 boot := arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot
 
-.PHONY: boot compressed check
+PHONY += boot compressed check
 
 all: compressed unwcheck
 
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Makefile b/arch/m32r/Makefile
index 983d438..229f66f 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m32r/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # m32r/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 
 LDFLAGS		:=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS	:= -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@
 
 boot := arch/m32r/boot
 
-.PHONY: zImage
+PHONY += zImage
 
 all: zImage
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 5500ab5..5787d55 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 BOOT_TARGETS = zImage zImage.initrd znetboot znetboot.initrd vmlinux.sm uImage
 
-.PHONY: $(BOOT_TARGETS)
+PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS)
 
 boot := arch/$(ARCH)/boot
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/Makefile b/arch/ppc/Makefile
index 98e940b..9fbdf54 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 BOOT_TARGETS = zImage zImage.initrd znetboot znetboot.initrd vmlinux.sm
 
-.PHONY: $(BOOT_TARGETS)
+PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS)
 
 all: uImage zImage
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/boot/Makefile b/arch/ppc/boot/Makefile
index efd8ce5..84eec0b 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc/boot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # arch/ppc/boot/Makefile
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 # for more details.
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@
 
 hostprogs-y := $(addprefix utils/, addnote mknote hack-coff mkprep mkbugboot mktree)
 
-.PHONY: $(BOOT_TARGETS) $(bootdir-y)
+PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS) $(bootdir-y)
 
 $(BOOT_TARGETS): $(bootdir-y)
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/Makefile b/arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/Makefile
index 2a411ec..66b7397 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Makefile for making bootable images on various OpenFirmware machines.
 #
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # Paul Mackerras	January 1997
 #	XCOFF bootable images for PowerMacs
 # Geert Uytterhoeven	September 1997
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@
 
 # The targets used on the make command-line
 
-.PHONY: zImage zImage.initrd
+PHONY += zImage zImage.initrd
 zImage:		 $(images)/zImage.chrp		\
 		 $(images)/zImage.chrp-rs6k
 	@echo '  kernel: $@ is ready ($<)'
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@
 
 TFTPIMAGE	:= /tftpboot/zImage
 
-.PHONY: znetboot znetboot.initrd
+PHONY += znetboot znetboot.initrd
 znetboot:	$(images)/zImage.chrp
 	cp $(images)/zImage.chrp      $(TFTPIMAGE).chrp$(END)
 	@echo '  kernel: $@ is ready ($<)'
diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index 08c9515..c72e17a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 
 archprepare: maketools include/asm-sh/.cpu include/asm-sh/.mach
 
-.PHONY: maketools FORCE
+PHONY += maketools FORCE
 maketools:  include/linux/version.h FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/sh/tools include/asm-sh/machtypes.h
 
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index c58b657..8d14c7a 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# 
+#
+# This file is included by the global makefile so that you can add your own
+# architecture-specific flags and dependencies.
+#
 # Copyright (C) 2002 Jeff Dike (jdike@karaya.com)
 # Licensed under the GPL
 #
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@
 
 SIZE = (($(CONFIG_NEST_LEVEL) + $(CONFIG_KERNEL_HALF_GIGS)) * 0x20000000)
 
-.PHONY: linux
+PHONY += linux
 
 all: linux
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
index d7fd464..7405dfd 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 
 boot := arch/x86_64/boot
 
-.PHONY: bzImage bzlilo install archmrproper \
-	fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 archclean
+PHONY += bzImage bzlilo install archmrproper \
+	 fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 archclean
 
 #Default target when executing "make"
 all: bzImage