diff --git a/include/package-bin.mk b/include/package-bin.mk
index 192f0726d2..77e603e420 100644
--- a/include/package-bin.mk
+++ b/include/package-bin.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 ifeq ($(DUMP),)
   define BuildTarget/bin
-    ifeq ($(if $(VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)),$(VARIANT))
+    TARGET_VARIANT=$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$(if $(VARIANT),$(VARIANT),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
+    ifeq ($(if $(TARGET_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)),$(TARGET_VARIANT))
     ifdef Package/$(1)/install
       ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_$(1))$(DEVELOPER),)
         $(_pkg_target)compile: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.pkgdir/$(1).installed
diff --git a/include/package-ipkg.mk b/include/package-ipkg.mk
index 19f09c2311..bd50edb75f 100644
--- a/include/package-ipkg.mk
+++ b/include/package-ipkg.mk
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),)
     IDIR_$(1):=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-$(PKGARCH)/$(1)
     KEEP_$(1):=$(strip $(call Package/$(1)/conffiles))
 
-    ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),$$(if $$(VARIANT),$$(VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)))
+    TARGET_VARIANT:=$$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$$(if $$(VARIANT),$$(VARIANT),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
+    ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),$$(if $$(TARGET_VARIANT),$$(TARGET_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)))
     do_install=
     ifdef Package/$(1)/install
       do_install=yes
diff --git a/include/subdir.mk b/include/subdir.mk
index be080859b7..d33b947fdf 100644
--- a/include/subdir.mk
+++ b/include/subdir.mk
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ diralias=$(if $(findstring $(1),$(call lastdir,$(1))),,$(call lastdir,$(1)))
 subdir_make_opts = \
 	-r -C $(1) \
 		BUILD_SUBDIR="$(1)" \
-		BUILD_VARIANT="$(4)"
+		BUILD_VARIANT="$(4)" \
+		ALL_VARIANTS="$(5)"
 
 # 1: subdir
 # 2: target
 # 3: build type
 # 4: build variant
+# 5: all variants
 log_make = \
 	 $(if $(call debug,$(1),v),,@)+ \
 	 $(if $(BUILD_LOG), \
@@ -62,15 +64,15 @@ define subdir
     $(foreach target,$(SUBTARGETS) $($(1)/subtargets),
       $(foreach btype,$(buildtypes-$(bd)),
         $(call warn_eval,$(1)/$(bd),t,T,$(1)/$(bd)/$(btype)/$(target): $(if $(NO_DEPS)$(QUILT),,$($(1)/$(bd)/$(btype)/$(target)) $(call $(1)//$(btype)/$(target),$(1)/$(bd)/$(btype))))
-		  $(call log_make,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),$(btype),$(filter-out __default,$(variant))) \
+		  $(call log_make,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),$(btype),$(filter-out __default,$(variant)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants)) \
 			|| $(call ERROR,$(2),   ERROR: $(1)/$(bd) [$(btype)] failed to build.,$(findstring $(bd),$($(1)/builddirs-ignore-$(btype)-$(target))))
         $(if $(call diralias,$(bd)),$(call warn_eval,$(1)/$(bd),l,T,$(1)/$(call diralias,$(bd))/$(btype)/$(target): $(1)/$(bd)/$(btype)/$(target)))
       )
       $(call warn_eval,$(1)/$(bd),t,T,$(1)/$(bd)/$(target): $(if $(NO_DEPS)$(QUILT),,$($(1)/$(bd)/$(target)) $(call $(1)//$(target),$(1)/$(bd))))
         $(foreach variant,$(if $(BUILD_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT),$(if $(strip $($(1)/$(bd)/variants)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants),$(if $($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),$($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),__default))),
 			$(if $(BUILD_LOG),@mkdir -p $(BUILD_LOG_DIR)/$(1)/$(bd)/$(filter-out __default,$(variant)))
-			$(if $($(1)/autoremove),$(call rebuild_check,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant))))
-			$(call log_make,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant))) \
+			$(if $($(1)/autoremove),$(call rebuild_check,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants)))
+			$(call log_make,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants)) \
 				|| $(call ERROR,$(1),   ERROR: $(1)/$(bd) failed to build$(if $(filter-out __default,$(variant)), (build variant: $(variant))).,$(findstring $(bd),$($(1)/builddirs-ignore-$(target)))) 
         )
       $(if $(PREREQ_ONLY)$(DUMP_TARGET_DB),,