diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 58d81709b6..502b86b550 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Dec 18 15:43:59 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* common.mk (encs, ext/ripper/ripper.c): other options must come
+	  before MAKEFLAGS in GNU make.
+
 Tue Dec 18 15:19:55 2007  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb: Don't call private fail anymore.
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 80940d8ebf..e30b1a3eaa 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ $(RBCONFIG): $(srcdir)/mkconfig.rb config.status $(PREP)
 		-so_name=$(RUBY_SO_NAME) rbconfig.rb
 
 encs: enc.mk
-	$(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) -f enc.mk
+	$(MAKE) -f enc.mk -$(MAKEFLAGS)
 
 enc.mk: miniruby$(EXEEXT) $(srcdir)/enc/make_encmake.rb \
 	$(srcdir)/enc/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/enc/depend $(srcdir)/lib/mkmf.rb
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ docs:
 	$(BASERUBY) -I$(srcdir) $(srcdir)/tool/makedocs.rb $(INSNS2VMOPT)
 
 $(srcdir)/ext/ripper/ripper.c:
-	cd ext/ripper && exec $(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) -f depend top_srcdir=../.. srcdir=.
+	cd $(srcdir)/ext/ripper && exec $(MAKE) -f depend -$(MAKEFLAGS) top_srcdir=../.. srcdir=.
 
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