diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e9e03c15..d4ba41d9f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,5 +75,8 @@ udev:
 	sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
 	sudo adduser $USER dialout
  
+# easy printing of MAKE VARIABLES
+print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*) 
+
 # Dummy target to test for GNU make availability
 _test:
diff --git a/armsrc/Makefile b/armsrc/Makefile
index 9199051ef..c7937b490 100644
--- a/armsrc/Makefile
+++ b/armsrc/Makefile
@@ -159,5 +159,4 @@ help:
 	@echo Multi-OS Makefile, you are running on $(DETECTED_OS)
 	@echo Possible targets:
 	@echo +	all    - Build the full image $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.s19
-	@echo +	clean             - Clean $(OBJDIR)
-
+	@echo +	clean             - Clean $(OBJDIR)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 1248e4021..45aa079b9 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@ lua_build:
 	cd ../liblua && make $(LUAPLATFORM)
 
 .PHONY: all clean
-print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*)
+
+# easy printing of MAKE VARIABLES
+print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*) 
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%_NOSIMD.o : %.c $(OBJDIR)/%.d
 	$(CC) $(DEPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(HARD_SWITCH_NOSIMD) -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/common/Makefile.common b/common/Makefile.common
index c223e0858..367fc18cb 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.common
+++ b/common/Makefile.common
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.s19: $(OBJDIR)/%.elf
 version.c: default_version.c
 	perl ../tools/mkversion.pl .. > $@ || $(COPY) $^ $@ 
 
+# easy printing of MAKE VARIABLES
+print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*) 
+	
 # Automatic dependency generation
 DEPENDENCY_FILES = $(patsubst %.c,$(OBJDIR)/%.d,$(notdir $(THUMBSRC))) \
 	$(patsubst %.c,$(OBJDIR)/%.d,$(notdir $(ARMSRC))) \