diff --git a/src/sbbs3/Common.gmake b/src/sbbs3/Common.gmake
index 92ad4534d912cfd36a189bf6343ee684098d5049..8ffb5164cc9f05067c8599354e089cb38ef83683 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/Common.gmake
+++ b/src/sbbs3/Common.gmake
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
 #
 # Available options:
 
-SBBS_SRC	?=	$(XPDEV)/../sbbs3
-CFLAGS	+=	-I$(SBBS_SRC)
-
-JS_CFLAGS += -DJAVASCRIPT
-
-vpath %.c $(SBBS_SRC)
-vpath %.cpp $(SBBS_SRC)
+SBBS_SRC	?=	$(SRC_ROOT)/sbbs3
+SBBS_CFLAGS	+=	-I$(SBBS_SRC)
 
 SBBSDEFS	:=
 -include sbbsdefs.mk		# defines $(SBBSDEFS)
-MT_CFLAGS	+=	$(SBBSDEFS)
+SBBS_CFLAGS	+=	$(SBBSDEFS)
+SBBS_LDFLAGS	+=	-L$(SBBS_SRC)/$(LIBODIR)
+
+SBBSLIBS	+=	-lsbbs
+
+$(SBBS):
+	$(MAKE) -C $(SBBS_SRC) $(LIBODIR)$(DIRSEP)$(LIBPREFIX)sbbs$(SOFILE)
+
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/Common.make b/src/sbbs3/Common.make
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2291d17d4254effc2e2489fcde69e1d818759478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbbs3/Common.make
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Available Options:
+
+SBBS		=	$(SBBS_SRC)$(DIRSEP)$(LIBODIR)$(DIRSEP)$(LIBPREFIX)sbbs$(SOFILE)