diff --git a/.blaze/blaze.java b/.blaze/blaze.java
index 3faaa46..1f2fca2 100644
--- a/.blaze/blaze.java
+++ b/.blaze/blaze.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public void build_natives() throws Exception {
         final String targetStr = Contexts.config().value("target").orNull();
         final NativeTarget nativeTarget = targetStr != null ? NativeTarget.fromJneTarget(targetStr) : NativeTarget.detect();
 
+        log.info("Building natives for target {}", nativeTarget.toJneTarget());
         log.info("Copying native code to (cleaned) {} directory...", targetDir);
         rm(targetDir).recursive().force().run();
         mkdir(targetDir).parents().run();
@@ -46,11 +47,17 @@ public void build_natives() throws Exception {
                 .verbose()
                 .run();
         } else {
+            String cmd = "make";
+            // freebsd and openbsd, we need to use gmake
+            if (nativeTarget.getOperatingSystem() == OperatingSystem.FREEBSD || nativeTarget.getOperatingSystem() == OperatingSystem.OPENBSD) {
+                cmd = "gmake";
+            }
+
             log.info("Building jcat executable...");
-            exec("make").workingDir(targetJcatDir).debug().run();
+            exec(cmd).workingDir(targetJcatDir).debug().run();
 
             log.info("Building helloj library...");
-            exec("make").workingDir(targetLibHelloJDir).debug().run();
+            exec(cmd).workingDir(targetLibHelloJDir).debug().run();
         }
 
         cp(targetJcatDir.resolve(exename)).target(javaOutputDir).force().verbose().run();
@@ -258,14 +265,16 @@ public void cross_build_natives() throws Exception {
         new Buildx(crossTargets)
             .tags("build")
             .execute((target, project) -> {
-                String buildScript = "setup/build-native-lib-linux-action.sh";
+                /*String buildScript = "setup/build-native-lib-linux-action.sh";
                 if (target.getOs().equals("macos")) {
                     buildScript = "setup/build-native-lib-macos-action.sh";
                 } else if (target.getOs().equals("windows")) {
                     buildScript = "setup/build-native-lib-windows-action.bat";
                 }
 
-                project.action(buildScript, target.getOs(), target.getArch()).run();
+                project.action(buildScript, target.getOs(), target.getArch()).run();*/
+
+                project.action("java", "-jar", "blaze.jar", "build_natives", "--target", target.getOsArch()).run();
 
                 // we know that the only modified file will be in the artifact dir
                 final String artifactRelPath = "src/test/resources/jne/" + target.getOs() + "/" + target.getArch() + "/";
diff --git a/native/jcat/Makefile b/native/jcat/Makefile
index 97153dc..0d19a1a 100644
--- a/native/jcat/Makefile
+++ b/native/jcat/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# To run this in your own shell
-#   CC=gcc make
-#
-
-#CC = gcc
-#CPP = g++
-
 all:
 	$(CC) -Wall -pedantic -O2 -o jcat jcat.c
 
diff --git a/native/libhelloj/Makefile b/native/libhelloj/Makefile
index 22f0d72..0f32767 100644
--- a/native/libhelloj/Makefile
+++ b/native/libhelloj/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,29 @@ JAVA ?= java
 SHAREDFILEEXT ?= so
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 EXTRA_CXXFLAGS := -z noexecstack
+CXXFLAGS :=
+CFLAGS :=
+JAVA_INCLUDE := -I${JAVA_HOME}/include
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+    JAVA_INCLUDE := ${JAVA_INCLUDE} -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/darwin
 	SHAREDFILEEXT = dylib
 	EXTRA_CXXFLAGS =
 endif
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+    JAVA_INCLUDE := ${JAVA_INCLUDE} -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/linux
+endif
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),FreeBSD)
+    JAVA_INCLUDE := ${JAVA_INCLUDE} -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/freebsd
+    CXX = clang++
+endif
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),OpenBSD)
+    JAVA_INCLUDE := ${JAVA_INCLUDE} -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/openbsd
+    EXTRA_CXXFLAGS =
+    CXX = clang++
+endif
 
 all:
-	$(CXX) -shared -fPIC -Wall -pedantic -O3 $(CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) -I${JAVA_HOME}/include -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/linux -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/darwin -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/freebsd -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/openbsd -o libhelloj.$(SHAREDFILEEXT) -lc helloj_HelloLib.cpp
+	$(CXX) -shared -fPIC -Wall -pedantic -O3 $(CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(JAVA_INCLUDE) -o libhelloj.$(SHAREDFILEEXT) -lc helloj_HelloLib.cpp
 
 jniheaders:
 	$(JAVAC) -h . helloj/HelloLib.java
diff --git a/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/jcat b/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/jcat
index 668f16e..80b0b75 100755
Binary files a/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/jcat and b/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/jcat differ
diff --git a/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/libhelloj.so b/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/libhelloj.so
index 1e2ce37..7d3cd2f 100755
Binary files a/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/libhelloj.so and b/src/test/resources/jne/linux/x64/libhelloj.so differ