diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3652559595..a464345810 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,13 @@ add-special-class= \
 # Only .c and .S get converted to .o, other files (like .ld) keep their name.
 # $1 stage name
 # $2 file path (list)
-src-to-obj=$(foreach file,$(2),$(subst .$(1),,$(basename $(patsubst src/%,$(obj)/%,$(file)))).$(1)$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(patsubst %.S,%.o,$(suffix $(file)))))
+src-to-obj=\
+	$(patsubst $(obj)/%,$(obj)/$(1)/%,\
+	$(patsubst $(obj)/$(1)/%,$(obj)/%,\
+	$(patsubst src/%,$(obj)/%,\
+	$(patsubst %.c,%.o,\
+	$(patsubst %.S,%.o,\
+	$(subst .$(1),,$(2)))))))
 
 # Clean -y variables, include Makefile.inc
 # Add paths to files in X-y to X-srcs
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 86ccc31ed9..583e59add8 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -415,18 +415,6 @@ ramstage-y+=$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c
 romstage-y+=$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c
 verstage-y+=$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c
 
-$(obj)/%.ramstage.o $(abspath $(obj))/%.ramstage.o: $(obj)/%.c $(obj)/config.h $(OPTION_TABLE_H)
-	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(CC_ramstage) -MMD $(CFLAGS_ramstage) $(CPPFLAGS_ramstage) $(ramstage-c-ccopts) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)/%.romstage.o $(abspath $(obj))/%.romstage.o: $(obj)/%.c $(obj)/config.h $(OPTION_TABLE_H)
-	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(CC_romstage) -MMD $(CFLAGS_romstage) $(CPPFLAGS_romstage) $(romstage-c-ccopts) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(obj)/%.bootblock.o $(abspath $(obj))/%.bootblock.o: $(obj)/%.c $(obj)/config.h $(OPTION_TABLE_H)
-	@printf "    CC         $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(CC_bootblock) -MMD $(CFLAGS_bootblock) $(CPPFLAGS_bootblock) $(bootblock-c-ccopts) -c -o $@ $<
-
 $(objgenerated)/libverstage.a: $$(libverstage-objs)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(AR_libverstage) rcsT $@ $^
@@ -437,8 +425,8 @@ clean-abuild:
 	rm -rf coreboot-builds
 
 clean-for-update-target:
-	rm -f $(obj)/ramstage* $(obj)/coreboot.romstage $(obj)/coreboot.pre* $(obj)/coreboot.bootblock $(obj)/coreboot.a
-	rm -rf $(obj)/bootblock* $(obj)/romstage* $(obj)/location.*
+	rm -f $(obj)/ramstage?* $(obj)/coreboot.romstage $(obj)/coreboot.pre* $(obj)/coreboot.bootblock $(obj)/coreboot.a
+	rm -rf $(obj)/bootblock?* $(obj)/romstage?* $(obj)/location.*
 	rm -f $(obj)/option_table.* $(obj)/crt0.S $(obj)/ldscript
 	rm -f $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/config.py $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.dot
 	rm -f $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/crt0.s $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/crt0.disasm
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/car.ld b/src/arch/x86/car.ld
index e5669dc051..191dcaf2aa 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/car.ld
+++ b/src/arch/x86/car.ld
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 
 . = 0xffffff00;
 .illegal_globals . : {
-	*(EXCLUDE_FILE ("*/libagesa.*.a:" "*/buildOpts.romstage.o" "*/agesawrapper.romstage.o" "*/vendorcode/amd/agesa/*" "*/vendorcode/amd/cimx/*") .data)
-		*(EXCLUDE_FILE ("*/libagesa.*.a:" "*/buildOpts.romstage.o" "*/agesawrapper.romstage.o" "*/vendorcode/amd/agesa/*" "*/vendorcode/amd/cimx/*") .data.*)
+	*(EXCLUDE_FILE ("*/libagesa.*.a:" "*/romstage*/buildOpts.o" "*/romstage*/agesawrapper.o" "*/vendorcode/amd/agesa/*" "*/vendorcode/amd/cimx/*") .data)
+		*(EXCLUDE_FILE ("*/libagesa.*.a:" "*/romstage*/buildOpts.o" "*/romstage*/agesawrapper.o" "*/vendorcode/amd/agesa/*" "*/vendorcode/amd/cimx/*") .data.*)
 	*(.bss)
 	*(.bss.*)
 	*(.sbss)
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
index ae81ab4f1c..0efbdd7553 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ subdirs-$(CONFIG_PARALLEL_MP) += name
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_PARALLEL_MP) += mp_init.c
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_MIRROR_PAYLOAD_TO_RAM_BEFORE_LOADING) += mirror_payload.c
 
+additional-dirs += $(obj)/cpu/x86
+
 SIPI_ELF=$(obj)/cpu/x86/sipi_vector.elf
 SIPI_RMOD=$(SIPI_ELF).rmod
 SIPI_BIN=$(SIPI_ELF:.elf=)
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@ $(SIPI_BIN): $(SIPI_RMOD)
 
 $(call src-to-obj,ramstage,$(SIPI_BIN).manual): $(SIPI_BIN)
 	@printf "    OBJCOPY    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	cd $(dir $@); $(OBJCOPY_rmodules_$(ARCH-ramstage-y)) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(notdir $@)
+	cd $(dir $<); $(OBJCOPY_rmodules_$(ARCH-ramstage-y)) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(abspath $@)
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
index 46abd05ced..c912a8f271 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/smm/Makefile.inc
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ smmstub-generic-ccopts += -D__SMM__
 smm-generic-ccopts += -D__SMM__
 smm-c-deps:=$$(OPTION_TABLE_H)
 
-$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o: $$(smm-objs) $(COMPILER_RT_smm)
+$(obj)/smm/smm.o: $$(smm-objs) $(COMPILER_RT_smm)
 	$(LD_smm) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $(COMPILER_RT_FLAGS_smm) --whole-archive --start-group $(smm-objs) --no-whole-archive $(COMPILER_RT_smm) --end-group
 
 # change to the target path because objcopy will use the path name in its
 # ELF symbol names.
-$(call src-to-obj,ramstage,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.manual): $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm
+$(call src-to-obj,ramstage,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.manual): $(obj)/smm/smm
 	@printf "    OBJCOPY    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	cd $(dir $@); $(OBJCOPY_smm) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(notdir $@)
+	cd $(dir $<); $(OBJCOPY_smm) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(abspath $@)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SMM_TSEG),y)
 
@@ -49,40 +49,40 @@ ramstage-srcs += $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.manual
 
 # SMM Stub Module. The stub is used as a trampoline for relocation and normal
 # SMM handling.
-$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.o: $$(smmstub-objs)
+$(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.o: $$(smmstub-objs)
 	$(CC_smmstub) $(CFLAGS_smmstub) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $^
 
 # Link the SMM stub module with a 0-byte heap.
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_RAMSTAGE_X86_32),y)
-$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.elf, $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.o, 0,x86_32))
+$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.elf, $(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.o, 0,x86_32))
 else
-$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.elf, $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.o, 0,x86_64))
+$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.elf, $(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.o, 0,x86_64))
 endif
 
-$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub: $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.elf.rmod
+$(obj)/smmstub/smmstub: $(obj)/smmstub/smmstub.elf.rmod
 	$(OBJCOPY_smmstub) -O binary $< $@
 
-$(call src-to-obj,ramstage,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.manual): $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub
+$(call src-to-obj,ramstage,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smmstub.manual): $(obj)/smmstub/smmstub
 	@printf "    OBJCOPY    $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	cd $(dir $@); $(OBJCOPY_smmstub) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(notdir $@)
+	cd $(dir $<); $(OBJCOPY_smmstub) -I binary $(notdir $<) $(target-objcopy) $(abspath $@)
 
 # C-based SMM handler.
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_RAMSTAGE_X86_32),y)
-$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf, $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o, $(CONFIG_SMM_MODULE_HEAP_SIZE),x86_32))
+$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/smm/smm.elf, $(obj)/smm/smm.o, $(CONFIG_SMM_MODULE_HEAP_SIZE),x86_32))
 else
-$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf, $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o, $(CONFIG_SMM_MODULE_HEAP_SIZE),x86_64))
+$(eval $(call rmodule_link,$(obj)/smm/smm.elf, $(obj)/smm/smm.o, $(CONFIG_SMM_MODULE_HEAP_SIZE),x86_64))
 endif
 
-$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm: $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf.rmod
+$(obj)/smm/smm: $(obj)/smm/smm.elf.rmod
 	$(OBJCOPY_smm) -O binary $< $@
 
 else # CONFIG_SMM_TSEG
 
-$(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm: $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o $(src)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.ld
-	$(LD_smm) $(LDFLAGS_smm) -o $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf -T $(src)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.ld $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.o
-	$(NM_smm) -n $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf | sort > $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.map
-	$(OBJCOPY_smm) -O binary $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.elf $@
+$(obj)/smm/smm: $(obj)/smm/smm.o $(src)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.ld
+	$(LD_smm) $(LDFLAGS_smm) -o $(obj)/smm/smm.elf -T $(src)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.ld $(obj)/smm/smm.o
+	$(NM_smm) -n $(obj)/smm/smm.elf | sort > $(obj)/smm/smm.map
+	$(OBJCOPY_smm) -O binary $(obj)/smm/smm.elf $@
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_SMI_HANDLER),y)
 ramstage-srcs += $(obj)/cpu/x86/smm/smm.manual
diff --git a/src/include/memlayout.h b/src/include/memlayout.h
index 42d56082fa..e62782aacd 100644
--- a/src/include/memlayout.h
+++ b/src/include/memlayout.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		SET_COUNTER(bootblock, addr) \
 		_ = ASSERT(_eprogram - _program <= sz, \
 			STR(Bootblock exceeded its allotted size! (sz))); \
-		INCLUDE "lib/program.bootblock.ld"
+		INCLUDE "bootblock/lib/program.ld"
 #else
 	#define BOOTBLOCK(addr, sz) \
 		SET_COUNTER(bootblock, addr) \
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 		SET_COUNTER(romstage, addr) \
 		_ = ASSERT(_eprogram - _program <= sz, \
 			STR(Romstage exceeded its allotted size! (sz))); \
-		INCLUDE "lib/program.romstage.ld"
+		INCLUDE "romstage/lib/program.ld"
 #else
 	#define ROMSTAGE(addr, sz) \
 		SET_COUNTER(romstage, addr) \
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		SET_COUNTER(ramstage, addr) \
 		_ = ASSERT(_eprogram - _program <= sz, \
 			STR(Ramstage exceeded its allotted size! (sz))); \
-		INCLUDE "lib/program.ramstage.ld"
+		INCLUDE "ramstage/lib/program.ld"
 #else
 	#define RAMSTAGE(addr, sz) \
 		SET_COUNTER(ramstage, addr) \
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		SET_COUNTER(verstage, addr) \
 		_ = ASSERT(_eprogram - _program <= sz, \
 			STR(Verstage exceeded its allotted size! (sz))); \
-		INCLUDE "lib/program.verstage.ld"
+		INCLUDE "verstage/lib/program.ld"
 
 	#define OVERLAP_VERSTAGE_ROMSTAGE(addr, size) VERSTAGE(addr, size)
 #else