diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 285e38a67..c2e192e9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 
-.PHONY: all clean help prerequisites
+BUILD_DIR:=build
+/:=$(BUILD_DIR)/
+
+MODULES=
+
+.PHONY: all clean help
 
 help:
 	@echo 'Available targets:'
 	@echo '  all - build product'
-	@echo '  prerequisites - install all external prerequisistes'
+	@echo '  install-prerequisites - install all external prerequisistes'
 
 all:
 
 clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
 
+include $(addsuffix /module.mk,$(MODULES))
+
+include rules.mk
 include prerequisites.mk
 
diff --git a/prerequisites.mk b/prerequisites.mk
index 6fa1569a5..3b029a397 100644
--- a/prerequisites.mk
+++ b/prerequisites.mk
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
-prerequisites: install-python-packages install-redis-server
+.PHONY: install-prerequisites install-redis-server install-python-packages
+
+install-prerequisites: install-python-packages install-redis-server
 
-.PHONY: install-redis-server
 install-redis-server:
 	sudo apt-get install redis-server
 
-.PHONY: install-python-packages
 install-python-packages:
 	sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26be250e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+$/%/.dir:
+	mkdir -p $(@D)
+	@touch $@
+