diff --git a/Makefile.FreeBSD b/Makefile.FreeBSD
index f66c851..0eb8774 100644
--- a/Makefile.FreeBSD
+++ b/Makefile.FreeBSD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # remove -DNOODBC from CFLAGS and add -lodbc to LDFLAGS to compile with ODBC
 # library support. Add -DSAFESQL for poorely written ODBC library / drivers.
 
-BUILDDIR =
+BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC ?= gcc
 
 CFLAGS = -c -O -fno-strict-aliasing -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
diff --git a/Makefile.Solaris b/Makefile.Solaris
index 578ec57..8ddda1d 100644
--- a/Makefile.Solaris
+++ b/Makefile.Solaris
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # remove -DNOODBC from CFLAGS and add -lodbc to LDFLAGS to compile with ODBC
 # library support. Add -DSAFESQL for poorely written ODBC library / drivers.
 
-BUILDDIR =
+BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = cc
 CFLAGS = -xO3 -c -D_SOLARIS -D_THREAD_SAFE -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
 COUT = -o ./
diff --git a/Makefile.Solaris-gcc b/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
index 245943a..5e05127 100644
--- a/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
+++ b/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # library support. Add -DSAFESQL for poorely written ODBC library / drivers.
 
 
-BUILDDIR =
+BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -D_SOLARIS -D_THREAD_SAFE -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
 COUT = -o ./
diff --git a/Makefile.openwrt-mips b/Makefile.openwrt-mips
index 36a9a8e..8965dd7 100644
--- a/Makefile.openwrt-mips
+++ b/Makefile.openwrt-mips
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # remove -DNOODBC from CFLAGS and add -lodbc to LIBS to compile with ODBC
 # library support. Add -DSAFESQL for poorely written ODBC library / drivers.
 
-BUILDDIR =
+BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = mips-openwrt-linux-gcc
 
 CFLAGS = -g -O2 -c -pthread -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL -DWITH_NETFILTER
diff --git a/Makefile.unix b/Makefile.unix
index 68999be..954e5d0 100644
--- a/Makefile.unix
+++ b/Makefile.unix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # remove -DNOODBC from CFLAGS and add -lodbc to LDFLAGS to compile with ODBC
 # library support. Add -DSAFESQL for poorely written ODBC library / drivers.
 
-BUILDDIR =
+BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = gcc
 
 # you may need -L/usr/pkg/lib for older NetBSD versions