diff --git a/apps/codecs/Makefile b/apps/codecs/Makefile
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+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+# $Id$
+#
+
+INCLUDES = -I$(FIRMDIR)/include -I$(FIRMDIR)/export -I$(FIRMDIR)/common \
+ -I$(FIRMDIR)/drivers -I$(APPSDIR) -Ilib
+CFLAGS = $(GCCOPTS) $(INCLUDES) $(TARGET) $(EXTRA_DEFINES) \
+ -DMEM=${MEMORYSIZE}
+
+ifdef APPEXTRA
+   INCLUDES += -I$(APPSDIR)/$(APPEXTRA)
+endif
+
+all: $(OBJDIR)/libmad.a
+
+include $(TOOLSDIR)/make.inc
+
+$(OBJDIR)/libmad.a:
+	@echo "MAKE in libmad"
+	@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)/libmad
+	@$(MAKE) -C libmad TARGET=$(TARGET) DEBUG=$(DEBUG) OBJDIR=$(OBJDIR) VERSION=$(VERSION) EXTRA_DEFINES="$(EXTRA_DEFINES)" MEM=${MEMORYSIZE}
+
+clean:
+	@echo "cleaning codecs"
+	@rm -fr $(OBJDIR)/libmad
+	@$(MAKE) -C libmad clean