diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 135e7df..d6c347c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,27 +9,7 @@ ARCH ?= x86
 
 -include config/build_$(ARCH).cfg
 -include make/$(ARCH).mk
-
-## Usage: make [ARCH=arm|x86] [TARGET]
-## Available targets:
-##     tags: generates tag file for source code
-tags:
-	@ctags --exclude=deps/* -R .
-
-##     clean: clears generated files
-clean:
-	@rm -rf $(ISO) iso odyssey.img odyssey-coverity.tar.gz cov-int
-	@rm -f odyssey odyssey.map odyssey.bin
-	@find . -not -path "./deps/*" -not -path "./.git/*" \
-		\( -name '*.o' -o -name '*.d' -o -name '*.bin' \) \
-		-exec rm {} \;
-	@rm -f tags
-	@$(MAKE) -C tools/ppm-to-array clean 2>/dev/null
-
-##     help: how to build and run
-help:
-	@sed -n 's/^## //p' Makefile make/*.mk
-
+-include make/common.mk
 -include make/qemu.mk
 -include make/deps.mk
 -include make/coverity.mk
diff --git a/make/common.mk b/make/common.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bac5e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/common.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## Usage: make [ARCH=arm|x86] [TARGET]
+## Available targets:
+##     tags: generates tag file for source code
+tags:
+	@ctags --exclude=deps/* -R .
+
+##     clean: clears generated files
+clean:
+	@rm -rf $(ISO) iso odyssey.img odyssey-coverity.tar.gz cov-int
+	@rm -f odyssey odyssey.map odyssey.bin
+	@find . -not -path "./deps/*" -not -path "./.git/*" \
+		\( -name '*.o' -o -name '*.d' -o -name '*.bin' \) \
+		-exec rm {} \;
+	@rm -f tags
+	@$(MAKE) -C tools/ppm-to-array clean 2>/dev/null
+
+##     help: how to build and run
+help:
+	@sed -n 's/^## //p' Makefile make/*.mk