diff --git a/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/homefromsubdir b/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/homefromsubdir
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8a159a073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/homefromsubdir
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+if [ $# = 1 ]
+then
+	NAM=`expr $1 : '^\(\/.*\)'`
+	if [ X$NAM != X ]
+	then
+	    NAM=$1
+	else
+	    NAM=../$1
+	fi
+	echo $NAM
+	exit 0
+else
+	echo PATH_ERROR
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/makefile b/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/makefile
index 89fe3a2fb..de67d098d 100644
--- a/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/makefile
+++ b/mach/vax4/libcc.ansi/makefile
@@ -7,14 +7,21 @@ SUB=
 LIBC="PREF=$(PREF)" "SUB=$(SUB)"
 OLIB=tail_$(PREF)$(SUB)
 
-install: cplibc
+install: cplibc cphead
 
-cplibc:
+cplibc: libsrc
+	make -f $(MAKEFILE) $(LIBC) $(MACHDEF) "EMHOME=`homefromsubdir $(EMHOME)`" tailcp
+
+cphead: head_$(PREF).e
+	make -f $(MAKEFILE) $(LIBC) $(MACHDEF) "EMHOME=$(EMHOME)" headcp
+
+head_$(PREF).e: libsrc
+
+libsrc: $(EMHOME)/lang/cem/libcc.ansi/libsrc .
 	cp $(EMHOME)/lang/cem/libcc.ansi/libsrc .
 	tar xf libsrc
-	make -f $(MAKEFILE) $(LIBC) $(MACHDEF) "EMHOME=../$(EMHOME)" tailcp
 
-cmp:	cmplibc
+cmp:	cmplibc cmphead
 	-../../compare $(OLIB)
 
 cmplibc:
@@ -22,8 +29,11 @@ cmplibc:
 	tar xf libsrc
 	make -f $(MAKEFILE) $(LIBC) $(MACHDEF) "EMHOME=../$(EMHOME)" tail
 
+cmphead: head_$(PREF).e
+	make -f $(MAKEFILE) $(LIBC) $(MACHDEF) "EMHOME=../$(EMHOME)" head
+
 clean:
-	rm -rf `cat LIST` LIST OLIST MakeArch Makefile make.proto libsrc
+	rm -rf `cat LIST` LIST OLIST MakeArch Makefile make.proto libsrc head_$(PREF).[e$(SUF)]
 
 opr:
 	make pr | opr