diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e506aa..7cd5836 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 *.o
 .DS_Store
 .ropeproject
-archives/*/
-sources/
-stamps/
-build/
-target/
-host/
+.build-ppc/
+.build-m68k/
+m68k-amigaos/
+ppc-amigaos/
 tmp/
diff --git a/build-ppc.py b/build-ppc.py
index c02a75f..1c0bb13 100755
--- a/build-ppc.py
+++ b/build-ppc.py
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
          binutils='binutils-{binutils_ver}',
          gcc='gcc-{gcc_ver}',
          patches=path.join('{top}', 'patches'),
-         stamps=path.join('{top}', 'stamps'),
-         build=path.join('{top}', 'build'),
-         sources=path.join('{top}', 'sources'),
-         host=path.join('{top}', 'host'),
-         target=path.join('{top}', 'target'),
-         archives=path.join('{top}', 'archives', 'ppc'))
+         stamps=path.join('{top}', '.build-ppc', 'stamps'),
+         build=path.join('{top}', '.build-ppc', 'build'),
+         sources=path.join('{top}', '.build-ppc', 'sources'),
+         host=path.join('{top}', '.build-ppc', 'host'),
+         target=path.join('{top}', 'ppc-amigaos'),
+         archives=path.join('{top}', '.build-ppc', 'archives'))
 
   if args.prefix is not None:
     setvar(target=args.prefix)