diff --git a/progs/egl/Makefile b/progs/egl/Makefile
index fd72f540cae..ff9a858c569 100644
--- a/progs/egl/Makefile
+++ b/progs/egl/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ include $(TOP)/configs/current
 INCLUDE_DIRS = -I$(TOP)/include
 
 HEADERS = $(TOP)/include/GLES/egl.h
+LIB_DEP = $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
+
+LIBS = -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL
 
 PROGRAMS = \
 	demo1 \
@@ -30,90 +33,42 @@ PROGRAMS = \
 
 default: $(PROGRAMS)
 
+demo1: demo1.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo1: demo1.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) demo1.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) -o $@
+demo2: demo2.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo1.o: demo1.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include demo1.c
+demo3: demo3.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
+egltri: egltri.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo2: demo2.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) demo2.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
+eglinfo: eglinfo.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo2.o: demo2.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include demo2.c
+eglgears: eglgears.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
+eglscreen: eglscreen.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo3: demo3.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) demo3.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
+peglgears: peglgears.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(LIBDRM_LIB)
 
-demo3.o: demo3.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include demo3.c
+xeglbindtex: xeglbindtex.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) -lX11
 
+xeglgears: xeglgears.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) -lX11
 
-egltri: egltri.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) egltri.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) -o $@
-
-egltri.o: egltri.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include egltri.c
-
-
-eglinfo: eglinfo.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) eglinfo.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) -o $@
-
-eglinfo.o: eglinfo.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include eglinfo.c
-
-
-eglgears: eglgears.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) eglgears.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-eglgears.o: eglgears.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include eglgears.c
-
-eglscreen: eglscreen.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) eglscreen.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-eglscreen.o: eglscreen.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include eglscreen.c
-
-peglgears: peglgears.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) peglgears.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-peglgears.o: peglgears.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include peglgears.c
-
-
-xeglbindtex: xeglbindtex.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) xeglbindtex.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-xeglbindtex.o: xeglbindtex.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include xeglbindtex.c
-
-xeglgears: xeglgears.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) xeglgears.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-xeglgears.o: xeglgears.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include xeglgears.c
-
-
-xeglthreads: xeglthreads.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) xeglthreads.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-xeglthreads.o: xeglthreads.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include xeglthreads.c
-
-
-xegl_tri: xegl_tri.o $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libEGL.so
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) xegl_tri.o -L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lEGL -lGL $(LIBDRM_LIB) $(APP_LIB_DEPS) -o $@
-
-xegl_tri.o: xegl_tri.c $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I$(TOP)/include xegl_tri.c
+xeglthreads: xeglthreads.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) -lX11
 
+xegl_tri: xegl_tri.o $(HEADERS) $(LIB_DEP)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) -lX11
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f *.o *~
-	-rm -f *.so
 	-rm -f $(PROGRAMS)
-
diff --git a/progs/openvg/demos/Makefile b/progs/openvg/demos/Makefile
index 6e15342c7ff..89b0ce441bb 100644
--- a/progs/openvg/demos/Makefile
+++ b/progs/openvg/demos/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 TOP = ../../..
 include $(TOP)/configs/current
 
-VG_LIBS=-lm -pthread -lEGL -lOpenVG
+VG_LIBS=-lm -pthread -lX11 -lEGL -lOpenVG
 INCLUDE_DIRS = -I$(TOP)/include
 
 PROGRAMS = \
diff --git a/progs/openvg/trivial/Makefile b/progs/openvg/trivial/Makefile
index 362360e5963..fcb3484377e 100644
--- a/progs/openvg/trivial/Makefile
+++ b/progs/openvg/trivial/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TOP = ../../../
 include $(TOP)/configs/current
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(TOP)/include
-LIBS=-L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lm -lEGL -lOpenVG -lpthread
+LIBS=-L$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) -lm -lX11 -lEGL -lOpenVG -lpthread
 CFLAGS += $(INCLUDES)
 
 HEADERS=eglcommon.h