diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 362c2992..b9043d9b 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation.
 
-SUBDIRS = $(shell ls -d */)
+TOOLSDIRS = $(shell ls -d */)
+MAKE_TOOLS_LOG = /tmp/make_tools.log
+
 all:
-	@for dir in $(SUBDIRS) ; do			\
-		if [ -f "$$dir/Makefile" ]; then	\
-			cd $$dir &&			\
-			make	&&			\
-			cd .. || exit 2;		\
+	@cat /dev/null > ${MAKE_TOOLS_LOG};
+	@for tooldir in $(TOOLSDIRS); do		\
+		if [ -f "$$tooldir/Makefile" ]; then	\
+			cd $$tooldir &&			\
+			make || {			\
+				cd ..;			\
+				echo " - Make tools $${tooldir} failed." >> ${MAKE_TOOLS_LOG};	\
+				continue;		\
+			};				\
+			cd ..;				\
 		fi					\
 	done
+	@cat ${MAKE_TOOLS_LOG}
+ifeq ($(shell cat $(MAKE_TOOLS_LOG)),)
+	@exit 0
+else
+	@exit 2
+endif
+
 clean:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS) ; do 			\
-		if [ -f "$$dir/Makefile" ]; then	\
-			make -C  $$dir clean || exit 2;	\
-		fi					\
+	@for tooldir in $(TOOLSDIRS); do 			\
+		if [ -f "$$tooldir/Makefile" ]; then		\
+			make -C $$tooldir clean || continue;	\
+		fi						\
 	done