diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c78c2cb..3b583ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
 BUILD_DIR := $(BASE_DIR)/build
 BINARIES_DIR := $(BASE_DIR)/images
 BASE_TARGET_DIR := $(BASE_DIR)/target
+PER_PACKAGE_DIR := $(BASE_DIR)/per-package
 # initial definition so that 'make clean' works for most users, even without
 # .config. HOST_DIR will be overwritten later when .config is included.
 HOST_DIR := $(BASE_DIR)/host
@@ -452,12 +453,13 @@
 LZCAT := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LZCAT))
 TAR_OPTIONS = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TAR_OPTIONS)) -xf
 
-# packages compiled for the host go here
+ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
+HOST_DIR = $(if $(PKG),$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/$($(PKG)_NAME)/host,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_HOST_DIR)))
+TARGET_DIR = $(if $(ROOTFS),$(ROOTFS_$(ROOTFS)_TARGET_DIR),$(if $(PKG),$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/$($(PKG)_NAME)/target,$(BASE_TARGET_DIR)))
+else
 HOST_DIR := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_HOST_DIR))
-
-# The target directory is common to all packages,
-# but there is one that is specific to each filesystem.
 TARGET_DIR = $(if $(ROOTFS),$(ROOTFS_$(ROOTFS)_TARGET_DIR),$(BASE_TARGET_DIR))
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(HOST_DIR),$(BASE_DIR)/host)
 HOST_DIR_SYMLINK = $(BASE_DIR)/host
@@ -593,8 +595,8 @@
 .PHONY: prepare-sdk
 prepare-sdk: world
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Rendering the SDK relocatable")
-	$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath host
-	$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath staging
+	PER_PACKAGE_DIR=$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR) $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath host
+	PER_PACKAGE_DIR=$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR) $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath staging
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(TOPDIR)/support/misc/relocate-sdk.sh $(HOST_DIR)/relocate-sdk.sh
 	mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/share/buildroot
 	echo $(HOST_DIR) > $(HOST_DIR)/share/buildroot/sdk-location
@@ -727,15 +729,19 @@
 # Avoid the rootfs name leaking down the dependency chain
 target-finalize: ROOTFS=
 
-host-finalize: $(HOST_DIR_SYMLINK)
+.PHONY: host-finalize
+host-finalize: $(PACKAGES) $(HOST_DIR) $(HOST_DIR_SYMLINK)
+	@$(call MESSAGE,"Finalizing host directory")
+	$(call per-package-rsync,$(sort $(PACKAGES)),host,$(HOST_DIR))
 
 .PHONY: staging-finalize
 staging-finalize:
 	@ln -snf $(STAGING_DIR) $(BASE_DIR)/staging
 
 .PHONY: target-finalize
-target-finalize: $(PACKAGES) host-finalize
+target-finalize: $(PACKAGES) $(TARGET_DIR) host-finalize
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Finalizing target directory")
+	$(call per-package-rsync,$(sort $(PACKAGES)),target,$(TARGET_DIR))
 	# Check files that are touched by more than one package
 	$(foreach hook,$(TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS),$($(hook))$(sep))
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal \
@@ -776,7 +782,7 @@
 	ln -sf ../usr/lib/os-release $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
 
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Sanitizing RPATH in target tree")
-	$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath target
+	PER_PACKAGE_DIR=$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR) $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath target
 
 # For a merged /usr, ensure that /lib, /bin and /sbin and their /usr
 # counterparts are appropriately setup as symlinks ones to the others.
@@ -1014,7 +1020,7 @@
 
 # staging and target directories do NOT list these as
 # dependencies anywhere else
-$(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_TARGET_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_TARGET) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_HOST):
+$(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_TARGET_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_TARGET) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_HOST) $(PER_PACKAGE_DIR):
 	@mkdir -p $@
 
 # outputmakefile generates a Makefile in the output directory, if using a
@@ -1046,7 +1052,7 @@
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BASE_TARGET_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) $(HOST_DIR_SYMLINK) \
 		$(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_DIR)/staging \
-		$(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(GRAPHS_DIR)
+		$(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(GRAPHS_DIR) $(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean