diff --git a/Allwmake b/Allwmake
index 16edfd1f6f..9187532553 100755
--- a/Allwmake
+++ b/Allwmake
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 # build OpenFOAM libraries and applications
-src/Allwmake
-applications/Allwmake
+src/Allwmake $*
+applications/Allwmake $*
 
 if [ "$1" = doc ]
 then
-    doc/Allwmake
+    doc/Allwmake $*
 fi
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- end-of-file
diff --git a/applications/Allwmake b/applications/Allwmake
index 00bc326641..7f7ac6718d 100755
--- a/applications/Allwmake
+++ b/applications/Allwmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ wmakeCheckPwd "$WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications" || {
 
 set -x
 
-wmake all utilities
-wmake all solvers
+wmake all utilities $*
+wmake all solvers $*
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- end-of-file
diff --git a/src/Allwmake b/src/Allwmake
index 55b8981ce2..d5177cfafc 100755
--- a/src/Allwmake
+++ b/src/Allwmake
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ wmakeLnInclude OpenFOAM
 wmakeLnInclude OSspecific/${WM_OSTYPE:-POSIX}
 Pstream/Allwmake $*
 
-OSspecific/${WM_OSTYPE:-POSIX}/Allwmake
+OSspecific/${WM_OSTYPE:-POSIX}/Allwmake $*
 wmake $makeType OpenFOAM
 
 wmake $makeType fileFormats
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/Allwmake b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/Allwmake
index c68f089436..52a54646f0 100755
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/Allwmake
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/Allwmake
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
+makeType=${1:-libo}
 
 unset COMP_FLAGS LINK_FLAGS
 
@@ -19,6 +20,6 @@ fi
 
 
 # make (non-shared) object
-wmake libo
+wmake $makeType 
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- end-of-file
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/Allwmake b/src/postProcessing/Allwmake
index 24b764c420..3522721c4d 100755
--- a/src/postProcessing/Allwmake
+++ b/src/postProcessing/Allwmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 makeType=${1:-libso}
 set -x
 
-wmake libo postCalc
+wmake ${1:-libo} postCalc
 wmake $makeType foamCalcFunctions
 
 functionObjects/Allwmake $*
diff --git a/wmake/wmake b/wmake/wmake
index ebcd38cb6e..f6de0bd0c4 100755
--- a/wmake/wmake
+++ b/wmake/wmake
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ or a special target:
   libo              build statically linked lib (.o)
   libso             build dynamically linked lib (.so)
   jar               build Java jar
+  dep               build lnInclude and dependencies only
 
 USAGE
     exit 1
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ OBJECTS_DIR=$MakeDir/$WM_OPTIONS
 touch $OBJECTS_DIR/dontIncludeDeps
 
 case "$makeType" in
-lib | libo | libso )
+lib | libo | libso | dep )
     $make -s -f $WM_DIR/Makefile MAKE_DIR=$MakeDir INCLUDE_DEPS=$OBJECTS_DIR/dontIncludeDeps lnInclude/uptodate
     ;;
 esac
@@ -258,8 +259,11 @@ rc=$?
 # make the object files and link
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-cmd="$make -f $WM_DIR/Makefile MAKE_DIR=$MakeDir INCLUDE_DEPS=$OBJECTS_DIR/includeDeps $makeType"
-# echo "cmd=$cmd"
-exec $cmd
+if [ "$makeType" != dep ]
+then
+    cmd="$make -f $WM_DIR/Makefile MAKE_DIR=$MakeDir INCLUDE_DEPS=$OBJECTS_DIR/includeDeps $makeType"
+    # echo "cmd=$cmd"
+    exec $cmd
+fi
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------