diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 828425fb..1c515d66 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,29 +42,36 @@ FUSE_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Ilibfuse/include
 FUSE_LIBS   = libfuse/obj/libfuse.a
 FUSE_TARGET = $(FUSE_LIBS)
 
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+DEBUG_FLAGS := -g
+else
+DEBUG_FLAGS :=
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
-STATIC_FLAG := -static
+STATIC_FLAGS := -static
 else
-STATIC_FLAG :=
+STATIC_FLAGS :=
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(LTO),1)
-LTO_FLAG := -flto
+LTO_FLAGS := -flto
 else
-LTO_FLAG :=
+LTO_FLAGS :=
 endif
 
 UGID_USE_RWLOCK = 0
 
-OPTS 	    = -O2 -g
+OPTS 	    = -O2
 SRC	    = $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
 OBJ         = $(SRC:src/%.cpp=obj/%.o)
 DEPS        = $(OBJ:obj/%.o=obj/%.d)
 TARGET      = mergerfs
 MANPAGE     = $(TARGET).1
 CXXFLAGS    = $(OPTS) \
-              $(STATIC_FLAG) \
-              $(LTO_FLAG) \
+              $(DEBUG_FLAGS) \
+              $(STATIC_FLAGS) \
+              $(LTO_FLAGS) \
               -Wall \
 	      -Wno-unused-result \
               $(FUSE_CFLAGS) \
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "make LTO=1            - build with link time optimization"
 
 $(TARGET): version obj/obj-stamp $(FUSE_TARGET) $(OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ $(FUSE_LIBS) -ldl -pthread -lrt
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ $(FUSE_LIBS) -pthread -lrt
 
 mount.mergerfs: $(TARGET)
 	$(LN) -fs "$<" "$@"
diff --git a/libfuse/Makefile b/libfuse/Makefile
index cceb7868..09d7b98d 100644
--- a/libfuse/Makefile
+++ b/libfuse/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 VERSION = "2.9.7-mergerfs_2.26.0"
 OPT = -O2
 
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+DEBUG_FLAGS := -g
+else
+DEBUG_FLAGS :=
+endif
+
 DESTDIR = "/"
 BINDIR = "/bin"
 SBINDIR = "/sbin"
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ SRC   = \
 OBJ  = $(SRC:lib/%.c=obj/%.o)
 DEPS = $(OBJ:obj/%.o=obj/%.d)
 CFLAGS = $(OPT) \
-	 -g \
+	 $(DEBUG_FLAGS) \
 	 -Wall \
 	 -pipe \
 	 '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' \
@@ -33,18 +39,24 @@ CFLAGS = $(OPT) \
 	 -Iinclude \
 	 -MMD
 LDFLAGS = \
-	-ldl \
 	-lrt \
 	-pthread
 
-all: obj/libfuse.a mergerfs-mount mount.mergerfs
+all: obj/libfuse.a
 
 libfuse.a: obj/libfuse.a
 
 include/config.h:
 	ecfd/build | tee include/config.h
 
-obj/libfuse.a: obj/obj-stamp include/config.h $(OBJ)
+obj/obj-stamp:
+	mkdir -p obj
+	touch $@
+
+obj/libfuse.a:
+	$(MAKE) obj/obj-stamp
+	$(MAKE) include/config.h
+	$(MAKE) $(OBJ)
 	ar rcs obj/libfuse.a $(OBJ)
 
 mergerfs-mount: include/config.h util/fusermount.c lib/mount_util.c
@@ -53,10 +65,6 @@ mergerfs-mount: include/config.h util/fusermount.c lib/mount_util.c
 mount.mergerfs: obj/libfuse.a util/mount.fuse.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o mount.mergerfs util/mount.fuse.c obj/libfuse.a $(LDFLAGS)
 
-obj/obj-stamp:
-	mkdir -p obj
-	touch $@
-
 obj/%.o: lib/%.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@