diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6cab946..c6829fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ distclean:
 	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) distclean) || exit; done
 
 dist:
-	$(RM) -r $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
-	$(LN) -s . $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
-	@$(TAR) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz \
+	$(RM) -r -- $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+	$(LN) -s -- . $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+	@$(TAR) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz -- \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/configure.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/makefile.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/settings.c \
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dist:
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/INSTALL \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/README \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/project.conf
-	$(RM) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+	$(RM) -- $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 
 install: all
 	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) install) || exit; done
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index df4e03c..529159c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ makedepend.o: makedepend.c
 	$(CC) $(makedepend_CFLAGS) -c makedepend.c
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(configure_OBJS) $(makedepend_OBJS)
+	$(RM) -- $(configure_OBJS) $(makedepend_OBJS)
 
 distclean: clean
-	$(RM) $(TARGETS)
+	$(RM) -- $(TARGETS)
 
 install: all
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 configure $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/configure
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -- configure $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/configure
 
 uninstall:
-	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/configure
+	$(RM) -- $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/configure
 
 .PHONY: all clean distclean install uninstall