diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8b3e4879..939965830 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -149,16 +149,19 @@ $(foreach p, \
 tmp/platform_%.coffee : tmp/platform.jst $(call imports,platform) $(template_deps)
 	$(template) $< $@ type=$*
 
+to_compile := $(filter-out globals css platform,$(parts)) platform_crx platform_userscript
+
 define compile
 tmp/$1.js : tmp/$1.coffee $(coffee_deps) tools/globalize.js
-	$(coffee) $$<
-	node tools/globalize.js $1
+	$(RM) $$@
 endef
 
-$(foreach p, \
- $(filter-out globals css platform,$(parts)) platform_crx platform_userscript, \
- $(eval $(call compile,$(p))) \
-)
+$(foreach p, $(to_compile), $(eval $(call compile,$(p))))
+
+.events/compile : $(foreach p, $(to_compile), tmp/$(p).js) | .events
+	$(coffee) $(subst .js,.coffee,$?)
+	node tools/globalize.js $(subst tmp/,,$(subst .js,,$?))
+	echo -> $@
 
 tmp/eventPage.js : src/meta/eventPage.coffee $(coffee_deps) | tmp
 	$(coffee) -o tmp src/meta/eventPage.coffee
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ define rules_channel
 testbuilds/crx$1 :
 	$$(MKDIR)
 
-testbuilds/crx$1/script.js : $(call intermediate,crx) $(cat_deps) | testbuilds/crx$1
+testbuilds/crx$1/script.js : $(call intermediate,crx) $(cat_deps) | testbuilds/crx$1 .events/compile
 	$(cat) $(call intermediate,crx) $$@
 
 testbuilds/crx$1/eventPage.js : tmp/eventPage.js | testbuilds/crx$1
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ testbuilds/$(name)$1.crx : testbuilds/$(name)$1.crx.zip package.json tools/sign.
 testbuilds/$(name)$1.meta.js : src/meta/metadata.js src/meta/icon48.png version.json $(template_deps) | testbuilds
 	$(template) $$< $$@ type=userscript channel=$1
 
-testbuilds/$(name)$1.user.js : testbuilds/$(name)$1.meta.js $(call intermediate,userscript) $(cat_deps)
+testbuilds/$(name)$1.user.js : testbuilds/$(name)$1.meta.js $(call intermediate,userscript) $(cat_deps) | .events/compile
 	$(cat) testbuilds/$(name)$1.meta.js $(call intermediate,userscript) $$@
 
 endef
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ index.html : test.html
 tmp/.jshintrc : src/meta/jshint.json tmp/declaration.js tmp/globals.js $(template_deps) | tmp
 	$(template) $< $@
 
-.events/jshint.% : tmp/%.js tmp/.jshintrc node_modules/jshint/package.json | .events
+.events/jshint.% : tmp/%.js tmp/.jshintrc node_modules/jshint/package.json | .events/compile
 	$(BIN)jshint $<
 	echo -> $@
 
diff --git a/tools/globalize.js b/tools/globalize.js
index 566835576..ec8b6107d 100644
--- a/tools/globalize.js
+++ b/tools/globalize.js
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 
-var filename = `tmp/${process.argv[2]}.js`;
-var basename = process.argv[2].split('_')[0]; // e.g. template_crx -> template
-var sources  = fs.readdirSync(`src/${basename}`);
+for (var arg of process.argv.slice(2)) {
+  var filename = `tmp/${arg}.js`;
+  var basename = arg.split('_')[0]; // e.g. template_crx -> template
+  var sources  = fs.readdirSync(`src/${basename}`);
 
-// Extract variables to be made global from source file list
-// e.g. ImageExpand from src/Images/ImageExpand.coffee
-// but not QR.post or eventPage
-var names = [];
-for (var f of sources) {
-  var m = f.match(/^([$A-Z][$\w]*)\.coffee$/);
-  if (m) names.push(m[1]);
-}
-
-var script = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
-
-var replaced = 0;
-
-script = script.replace(
-
-  // matches declaration at the start of the function, not including helper function assignments
-  /^( *var )(.*)(,\n *|;\n)/m,
-
-  function(declaration, v, n, e) {
-    replaced++;
-    var n0 = names.sort().join(', ');
-    if (n0 !== n) throw new Error(`${filename}: expected variables (${n0}) found (${n})`);
-    return (e[0] === ',') ? v : '';
+  // Extract variables to be made global from source file list
+  // e.g. ImageExpand from src/Images/ImageExpand.coffee
+  // but not QR.post or eventPage
+  var names = [];
+  for (var f of sources) {
+    var m = f.match(/^([$A-Z][$\w]*)\.coffee$/);
+    if (m) names.push(m[1]);
   }
 
-);
+  var script = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
 
-if (replaced !== 1) {
-  throw new Error(`${filename}: no declaration found`);
+  var replaced = 0;
+
+  script = script.replace(
+
+    // matches declaration at the start of the function, not including helper function assignments
+    /^( *var )(.*)(,\n *|;\n)/m,
+
+    function(declaration, v, n, e) {
+      replaced++;
+      var n0 = names.sort().join(', ');
+      if (n0 !== n) throw new Error(`${filename}: expected variables (${n0}) found (${n})`);
+      return (e[0] === ',') ? v : '';
+    }
+
+  );
+
+  if (replaced !== 1) {
+    throw new Error(`${filename}: no declaration found`);
+  }
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(filename, script);
 }
-
-fs.writeFileSync(filename, script);