diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b399bd..c6f7ca0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ vars.sh
 *.a
 *.o
 *.log
+*.swp
+.vagrant/
 
 depends.mk
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 592863d..e6b3d7f 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
   # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
   # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
-  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
-  #   apt-get update
-  #   apt-get install -y apache2
-  # SHELL
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+     apt-get update
+     apt-get install -y gcc-5 g++-5 make
+     git clone https://github.com/mheily/jobd.git
+     cd jobd && CC=gcc-5 CXX=g++-5 ./configure
+  SHELL
 end
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 4d0e257..9133b04 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@ check_header 'sys/limits.h'
 check_header 'sys/event.h'
 if [ $check_header_sys_event_h -eq 0 ] ; then
 	echo "building a local copy of libkqueue.. "
-	tar -C $TOPDIR/vendor -zxf $TOPDIR/vendor/libkqueue-2.0.4.tar.gz
+
 	make_define 'kqueue_dir' "$TOPDIR/vendor/libkqueue-2.0.4"
 	make_define 'kqueue_CFLAGS' "-I$kqueue_dir/include"
 	make_define 'kqueue_LDADD' '$kqueue_dir/.libs/libkqueue.a -lpthread -lrt'
 	make_define 'kqueue_DEPENDS' "$kqueue_dir/.libs/libkqueue.a"
-	make_depend "$kqueue_dir/.libs/libkqueue.a" \
-	    "cd $kqueue_dir && ./configure && make"
+
+	tar -C $TOPDIR/vendor -zxf $TOPDIR/vendor/libkqueue-2.0.4.tar.gz
+	( set -x ; cd $kqueue_dir && test -e Makefile || ./configure )
+	custom_target "$kqueue_dir/.libs/libkqueue.a" " " \
+	    "make -C $kqueue_dir"
 else
 	make_define 'kqueue_CFLAGS' ''
 	make_define 'kqueue_LDADD' ''
@@ -52,14 +55,19 @@ if [ $check_header_ucl_h -eq 0 ] ; then
 		dwarf_options="-gdwarf-2 -gstrict-dwarf"
 	fi
 
-	make_define 'libucl_dir' "$TOPDIR/vendor/libucl-0.7.3"
+	ucldir="$TOPDIR/vendor/libucl-0.7.3"
+	make_define 'libucl_dir' "$ucldir"
 	make_define 'libucl_CFLAGS' "-I$libucl_dir/include"
 	make_define 'libucl_LDFLAGS' ""
 	make_define 'libucl_LDADD' "$libucl_dir/src/.libs/libucl.a"
 	make_define 'libucl_DEPENDS' "$libucl_dir/src/.libs/libucl.a"
 	tar -C $TOPDIR/vendor -zxf $TOPDIR/vendor/libucl-0.7.3.tar.gz
-	make_depend "$libucl_dir/src/.libs/libucl.a" \
-          "cd $libucl_dir && CFLAGS=\"$dwarf_options -g -O0\" ./configure && make"
+	( set -x ; cd $ucldir && test -e Makefile || CFLAGS="$dwarf_options -g -O2 -fPIC" ./configure )
+	wait
+
+	custom_target "$libucl_dir/src/.libs/libucl.a" " " \
+		"cd $libucl_dir && make"
+
 else
 	# KLUDGE: assumes libucl is installed in /usr/local, like on FreeBSD
 	make_define 'libucl_CFLAGS' '-I /usr/local/include'
diff --git a/src/jobd/configure b/src/jobd/configure
index 15c2635..b783212 100755
--- a/src/jobd/configure
+++ b/src/jobd/configure
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ sbin_PROGRAMS=jobd
 
 jobd_CXXFLAGS="-I../.. -I.. -I. -include ../../config.h -std=c++11 -Wall -Werror $VENDOR_CXXFLAGS"
 jobd_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L../libjob/"
-jobd_LDADD="$VENDOR_LDADD ../libjob/libjob.a"
+jobd_LDADD="../libjob/libjob.a $VENDOR_LDADD"
 jobd_SOURCES=`ls *.cpp *.c | tr '\n' ' '`
-jobd_DEPENDS="$VENDOR_DEPENDS ../libjob/libjob.a"
+jobd_DEPENDS="../libjob/libjob.a $VENDOR_DEPENDS"
 
 uname=$(uname)
 if [ "`uname`" = 'FreeBSD' ] ; then
diff --git a/src/libjob/configure b/src/libjob/configure
index 6b555b9..f137a84 100755
--- a/src/libjob/configure
+++ b/src/libjob/configure
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ if [ -n "$manpage_generator" ] ; then
 	manpage 'job.5'
 fi
 
-
 write_makefile