diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d1884fe8..ba6cf846 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -200,24 +200,26 @@ endif
 if DTRACE_NEEDS_OBJECTS
 libuv_la_SOURCES += src/unix/uv-dtrace.d
 libuv_la_DEPENDENCIES = src/unix/uv-dtrace.o
-libuv_la_LIBADD = src/unix/uv-dtrace.lo
+libuv_la_LIBADD = uv-dtrace.lo
 CLEANFILES += src/unix/uv-dtrace.o src/unix/uv-dtrace.lo
 endif
 
 SUFFIXES = .d
 
 include/uv-dtrace.h: src/unix/uv-dtrace.d
-	$(AM_V_GEN)$(DTRACE) $(DTRACEFLAGS) -h -xnolibs -s $< -o $@
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(DTRACE) $(DTRACEFLAGS) -h -xnolibs -s $< -o $(top_srcdir)/$@
 
 src/unix/uv-dtrace.o: src/unix/uv-dtrace.d ${libuv_la_OBJECTS}
 
+# It's ok to specify the output here, because we have 1 .d file, and we process
+# every created .o, most projects don't need to include more than one .d
 .d.o:
-	$(AM_V_GEN)$(DTRACE) $(DTRACEFLAGS) -G -o $@ -s $< \
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(DTRACE) $(DTRACEFLAGS) -G -o $(top_builddir)/uv-dtrace.o -s $< \
 		`grep '^pic_object' ${top_builddir}/*.lo | cut -f 2 -d\'`
 	$(AM_V_GEN)printf %s\\n \
-		'# $(patsubst %.o, %.lo, $@) - a libtool object file' \
+		'# ${top_builddir}/uv-dtrace.lo - a libtool object file' \
 		'# Generated by libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4' \
 		'# libtool wants a .lo not a .o' \
 		"pic_object='uv-dtrace.o'" \
 		"non_pic_object='uv-dtrace.o'" \
-	> $(patsubst %.o, %.lo, $@)
+	> ${top_builddir}/uv-dtrace.lo