diff --git a/src/protocols/Makefile b/src/protocols/Makefile
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+# $Id$
+
+# Set an environment varible $(MAKE) to the name of the make command
+# on your machine, e.g. 'make' on UNIX and 'mingw32-make' on windows.
+# Fallback default is UNIX make.
+
+ifeq ($(MAKE),)
+	MAKE=make
+endif
+
+PROTOCOLS=\
+ MyEmptyModel
+
+all:
+	@for p in $(PROTOCOLS); do $(MAKE) -C $$p; done;
+
+clean:
+	@for p in $(PROTOCOLS); do $(MAKE) -C $$p clean; done;
+
+# finis