diff --git a/make/subdirs.mk b/make/subdirs.mk
index 5f111955..c2d61206 100644
--- a/make/subdirs.mk
+++ b/make/subdirs.mk
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ distclean: distclean.dirs distclean.var
 
 ifneq ($(SUBDIRS),)
 all.dirs:
-	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir all; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(filter-out $(IGNORE_SUBDIRS),$(SUBDIRS)); do make -C $$dir all; done
 install.dirs:
-	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir install; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(filter-out $(IGNORE_SUBDIRS),$(SUBDIRS)); do make -C $$dir install; done
 clean.dirs:
-	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir clean; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(filter-out $(IGNORE_SUBDIRS),$(SUBDIRS)); do make -C $$dir clean; done
 	rm -f *.done
 distclean.dirs:
-	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir distclean; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(filter-out $(IGNORE_SUBDIRS),$(SUBDIRS)); do make -C $$dir distclean; done
 
 else