diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 0945cc9..a24eb7b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1684,21 +1684,30 @@
 	objects/memfile.o \
 	objects/message.o
 
-JSON_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) \
+OBJ_JSON_TEST = \
 	objects/memfile.o \
 	objects/message.o \
 	objects/json_test.o
 
-MEMFILE_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) \
+JSON_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) $(OBJ_JSON_TEST)
+
+OBJ_MEMFILE_TEST = \
 	objects/json.o \
 	objects/message.o \
 	objects/memfile_test.o
 
-MESSAGE_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) \
+MEMFILE_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) $(OBJ_MEMFILE_TEST)
+
+OBJ_MESSAGE_TEST = \
 	objects/json.o \
 	objects/memfile.o \
 	objects/message_test.o
 
+MESSAGE_TEST_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) $(OBJ_MESSAGE_TEST)
+
+ALL_OBJ = $(OBJ_COMMON) $(OBJ_JSON_TEST) $(OBJ_MEMFILE_TEST) $(OBJ_MESSAGE_TEST)
+
+
 PRO_AUTO = \
 	arabic.pro \
 	blowfish.pro \
@@ -2853,8 +2862,14 @@
 # commands understand putting object files in another directory, it must be
 # specified for each file separately.
 
-objects:
-	mkdir objects
+objects objects/.dirstamp:
+	mkdir -p objects
+	touch objects/.dirstamp
+
+# All object files depend on the objects directory, so that parallel make
+# works.  Can't depend on the directory itself, its timestamp changes all the
+# time.
+$(ALL_OBJ): objects/.dirstamp
 
 objects/arabic.o: arabic.c
 	$(CCC) -o $@ arabic.c
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 598a7ea..6bc108f 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    117,
+/**/
     116,
 /**/
     115,