diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a2e02df45b..b4af30d2712 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -480,9 +480,38 @@ SCRIPT_PERL += git-svn.perl
 SCRIPT_PYTHON += git-remote-testpy.py
 SCRIPT_PYTHON += git-p4.py
 
-SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
-	  $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) \
-	  $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)) \
+# Generated files for scripts
+SCRIPT_SH_GEN = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH))
+SCRIPT_PERL_GEN = $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL))
+SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN = $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON))
+
+# Individual rules to allow e.g.
+# "make -C ../.. SCRIPT_PERL=contrib/foo/bar.perl build-perl-script"
+# from subdirectories like contrib/*/
+.PHONY: build-perl-script build-sh-script build-python-script
+build-perl-script: $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN)
+build-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN)
+build-python-script: $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
+
+.PHONY: install-perl-script install-sh-script install-python-script
+install-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN)
+	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+install-perl-script: $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN)
+	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+install-python-script: $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
+	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+
+.PHONY: clean-perl-script clean-sh-script clean-python-script
+clean-sh-script:
+	$(RM) $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN)
+clean-perl-script:
+	$(RM) $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN)
+clean-python-script:
+	$(RM) $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
+
+SCRIPTS = $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) \
+	  $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) \
+	  $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN) \
 	  git-instaweb
 
 ETAGS_TARGET = TAGS
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/.gitignore b/contrib/mw-to-git/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9196555e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git-remote-mediawiki
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/Makefile b/contrib/mw-to-git/Makefile
index 3ed728b0efa..f14971987c3 100644
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,17 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2012
-#     Charles Roussel <charles.roussel@ensimag.imag.fr>
-#     Simon Cathebras <simon.cathebras@ensimag.imag.fr>
-#     Julien Khayat <julien.khayat@ensimag.imag.fr>
-#     Guillaume Sasdy <guillaume.sasdy@ensimag.imag.fr>
-#     Simon Perrat <simon.perrat@ensimag.imag.fr>
+# Copyright (C) 2013
+#     Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
 #
 ## Build git-remote-mediawiki
 
--include ../../config.mak.autogen
--include ../../config.mak
+SCRIPT_PERL=git-remote-mediawiki.perl
+GIT_ROOT_DIR=../..
+HERE=contrib/mw-to-git/
 
-ifndef PERL_PATH
-	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
-endif
-ifndef gitexecdir
-	gitexecdir = $(shell git --exec-path)
-endif
+SCRIPT_PERL_FULL=$(patsubst %,$(HERE)/%,$(SCRIPT_PERL))
 
-PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
-gitexecdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitexecdir))
-SCRIPT = git-remote-mediawiki
+all: build
 
-.PHONY: install help doc test clean
-
-help:
-	@echo 'This is the help target of the Makefile. Current configuration:'
-	@echo '  gitexecdir = $(gitexecdir_SQ)'
-	@echo '  PERL_PATH = $(PERL_PATH_SQ)'
-	@echo 'Run "$(MAKE) install" to install $(SCRIPT) in gitexecdir'
-	@echo 'Run "$(MAKE) test" to run the testsuite'
-
-install:
-	sed -e '1s|#!.*/perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' $(SCRIPT) \
-		> '$(gitexecdir_SQ)/$(SCRIPT)'
-	chmod +x '$(gitexecdir)/$(SCRIPT)'
-
-doc:
-	@echo 'Sorry, "make doc" is not implemented yet for $(SCRIPT)'
-
-test:
-	$(MAKE) -C t/ test
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) '$(gitexecdir)/$(SCRIPT)'
-	$(MAKE) -C t/ clean
+build install clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(GIT_ROOT_DIR) SCRIPT_PERL=$(SCRIPT_PERL_FULL) \
+                $@-perl-script
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki
rename to contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl