diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 794f52e36c0..6bdd5c46442 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 *.sym
 *.su
 *~
+.built
 .context
 .depend
 .kconfig
+/*.lock
 /bin
 /boot_romfsimg.h
 /external
diff --git a/Application.mk b/Application.mk
index b3b4d11b8a7..4c2ac8ba1f7 100644
--- a/Application.mk
+++ b/Application.mk
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ VPATH += :.
 
 # Targets follow
 
-all:: $(OBJS)
+all:: .built
 	@:
 .PHONY: clean depend distclean
 .PRECIOUS: $(BIN)
@@ -208,11 +208,12 @@ $(ZIGOBJS): %$(ZIGEXT)$(SUFFIX)$(OBJEXT): %$(ZIGEXT)
 	$(if $(and $(CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE), $(CELFFLAGS)), \
 		$(call ELFCOMPILEZIG, $<, $@), $(call COMPILEZIG, $<, $@))
 
-archive:
+.built: $(OBJS)
 	$(call SPLITVARIABLE,ALL_OBJS,$(OBJS),100)
 	$(foreach BATCH, $(ALL_OBJS_TOTAL), \
-		$(call ARCHIVE_ADD, $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN)), $(ALL_OBJS_$(BATCH))) \
+		$(call ARLOCK, $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN)), $(ALL_OBJS_$(BATCH))) \
 	)
+	$(Q) touch $@
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_MODULE),y)
 
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ depend:: .depend
 	@:
 
 clean::
+	$(call DELFILE, .built)
 	$(call CLEAN)
 
 distclean:: clean
diff --git a/Directory.mk b/Directory.mk
index 81d39fd56a5..87a80d7bd12 100644
--- a/Directory.mk
+++ b/Directory.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ include $(APPDIR)/Make.defs
 
 SUBDIRS       := $(dir $(wildcard */Makefile))
 CONFIGSUBDIRS := $(filter-out $(dir $(wildcard */Kconfig)),$(SUBDIRS))
+CLEANSUBDIRS  := $(dir $(wildcard *$(DELIM).built))
 CLEANSUBDIRS  += $(dir $(wildcard */.depend))
 CLEANSUBDIRS  += $(dir $(wildcard */.kconfig))
 CLEANSUBDIRS  := $(sort $(CLEANSUBDIRS))
diff --git a/Make.defs b/Make.defs
index abb70016ace..6f3807def4d 100644
--- a/Make.defs
+++ b/Make.defs
@@ -152,3 +152,7 @@ define SPLITVARIABLE
 		$(eval $(PREFIX)_$(idx)=$(wordlist $(FROMINDEX), $(shell expr $(FROMINDEX) + $(BATCH_SIZE) - 1), $(2))) \
 	)
 endef
+
+define ARLOCK
+	flock $1.lock $(call ARCHIVE, $1, $(2))
+endef
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e502fad350e..d34e3ea4a21 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ SYMTABOBJ = $(SYMTABSRC:.c=$(OBJEXT))
 # We first remove libapps.a before letting the other rules add objects to it
 # so that we ensure libapps.a does not contain objects from prior build
 
-all:
-	$(RM) $(BIN)
-	$(MAKE) $(BIN)
+all: $(BIN)
 
 .PHONY: import install dirlinks export .depdirs preconfig depend clean distclean
 .PHONY: context clean_context context_all register register_all
@@ -74,9 +72,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
 install: $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_install)
 
 $(BIN): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
-	$(Q) for app in ${CONFIGURED_APPS}; do \
-		$(MAKE) -C "$${app}" archive ; \
-	done
 
 .import: $(BIN)
 	$(Q) install libapps.a $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)import$(DELIM)libs
@@ -96,21 +91,14 @@ else
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE),)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE),y)
 $(BIN): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
-	$(Q) for %%G in ($(CONFIGURED_APPS)) do ( $(MAKE) -C %%G archive )
 else
 $(BIN): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
-	$(Q) for app in ${CONFIGURED_APPS}; do \
-		$(MAKE) -C "$${app}" archive ; \
-	done
 	$(call LINK_WASM)
 endif
 
 else
 
 $(SYMTABSRC): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
-	$(Q) for app in ${CONFIGURED_APPS}; do \
-		$(MAKE) -C "$${app}" archive ; \
-	done
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) install
 	$(Q) $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)tools$(DELIM)mksymtab.sh $(BINDIR) >$@.tmp
 	$(Q) $(call TESTANDREPLACEFILE, $@.tmp, $@)
@@ -119,7 +107,7 @@ $(SYMTABOBJ): %$(OBJEXT): %.c
 	$(call COMPILE, $<, $@, -fno-lto -fno-builtin)
 
 $(BIN): $(SYMTABOBJ)
-	$(call ARCHIVE_ADD, $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN)), $^)
+	$(call ARLOCK, $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN)), $^)
 	$(call LINK_WASM)
 
 endif # !CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE
@@ -208,6 +196,7 @@ clean: $(foreach SDIR, $(CLEANDIRS), $(SDIR)_clean)
 	$(call CLEAN)
 
 distclean: $(foreach SDIR, $(CLEANDIRS), $(SDIR)_distclean)
+	$(call DELFILE, *.lock)
 	$(call DELFILE, .depend)
 	$(call DELFILE, $(SYMTABSRC))
 	$(call DELFILE, $(SYMTABOBJ))