--- squashfs-tools/Makefile
+++ squashfs-tools/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 all: mksquashfs unsquashfs
 
 mksquashfs: mksquashfs.o read_fs.o sort.o
-	$(CC) mksquashfs.o read_fs.o sort.o -lz -lpthread -lm -o $@
+	$(CC) $^ -lz -lpthread -lm -o $@
 
 mksquashfs.o: mksquashfs.c squashfs_fs.h mksquashfs.h global.h sort.h
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 sort.o: sort.c squashfs_fs.h global.h sort.h
 
 unsquashfs: unsquashfs.o
-	$(CC) unsquashfs.o -lz -lpthread -lm -o $@
+	$(CC) $^ -lz -lpthread -lm -o $@
 
 unsquashfs.o: unsquashfs.c squashfs_fs.h read_fs.h global.h
 
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 install: mksquashfs unsquashfs
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
-	cp mksquashfs unsquashfs $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	cp $^ $(INSTALL_DIR)