diff --git a/cook.sh b/cook.sh
index 7a2dea296b6d59482f7d49224e5cd1a58badac7e..242688365bf18fa7f7f0a5f1a8cc2500f35c265c 100755
--- a/cook.sh
+++ b/cook.sh
@@ -226,29 +226,37 @@ function op {
             fi
             popd > /dev/null
             ;;
-        prepare)
-            rm -rf sysroot
-            mkdir sysroot
-
-            if [ ${#BUILD_DEPENDS} -gt 0 ]
+        prepare)            
+            skip=0
+            if [ "$(type -t recipe_prepare)" = "function" ]
+            then
+                recipe_prepare
+            fi
+            if [ "$skip" -eq "0" ]
             then
-                pushd $ROOT
-                    ./repo.sh "${BUILD_DEPENDS[@]}"
-                popd
+                rm -rf sysroot
+                mkdir sysroot
+
+                if [ ${#BUILD_DEPENDS} -gt 0 ]
+                then
+                    pushd $ROOT
+                        ./repo.sh "${BUILD_DEPENDS[@]}"
+                    popd
 
-                for i in "${BUILD_DEPENDS[@]}"
+                    for i in "${BUILD_DEPENDS[@]}"
+                    do
+                        pkg --target=$TARGET install --root sysroot "$REPO/$i.tar.gz"
+                    done
+                fi
+                
+                rm -rf build
+                cp -rp source build
+
+                for patch in *.patch
                 do
-                    pkg --target=$TARGET install --root sysroot "$REPO/$i.tar.gz"
+                    patch -p1 -d build < "$patch"
                 done
             fi
-
-            rm -rf build
-            cp -rp source build
-
-            for patch in *.patch
-            do
-                patch -p1 -d build < "$patch"
-            done
             ;;
         unprepare)
             rm -rf build
diff --git a/recipes/rust/.gitignore b/recipes/rust/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a8fbe5e2f89a7aac9bc0d9d40c10c3471236838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/rust/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/llvm-build/
+/llvm-prefix/
+/llvm-source/
diff --git a/recipes/rust/llvm-config b/recipes/rust/llvm-config
index a4737c864a21313a0976689e49e50d8b168b45eb..cccfac4229143d6d03eea2df3ebdb9dc3792ce6d 100755
--- a/recipes/rust/llvm-config
+++ b/recipes/rust/llvm-config
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 
 args = sys.argv[1:]
-prefix = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])) + "/llvm-root")
+prefix = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))) + "/llvm-prefix")
 
 # The values here are copied from the output of llvm-config running under Redox.
 # This is a hack, and should be replaced if possible.
diff --git a/recipes/rust/recipe.sh b/recipes/rust/recipe.sh
index cc3b2c7f5894e455ff808ac7989aefb303bde8c0..b7410e3a4daaf66150e7d13fa4d96bffb4acb080 100644
--- a/recipes/rust/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/rust/recipe.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/rust.git
 BRANCH=compile-redox-stage-0
 DEPENDS="gcc cargo"
 
-LLVM_PREFIX="$PWD/build/llvm-root"
+LLVM_GIT="https://github.com/redox-os/llvm.git"
+LLVM_SOURCE="$(realpath llvm-source)"
+LLVM_BUILD="$(realpath llvm-build)"
+LLVM_PREFIX="$(realpath llvm-prefix)"
 SYSROOT="/usr/$HOST"
 unset AR AS CC CXX LD NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF STRIP
 
@@ -14,27 +17,38 @@ function recipe_version {
     skip=1
 }
 
+function recipe_fetch {
+    if [ ! -d "$LLVM_SOURCE" ]
+    then
+        git clone "$LLVM_GIT" -b redox --depth 1 "$LLVM_SOURCE"
+    fi
+
+    pushd "$LLVM_SOURCE" > /dev/null
+    git remote set-url origin "$LLVM_GIT"
+    git fetch origin
+    git pull
+    git submodule sync --recursive
+    git submodule update --init --recursive
+    popd > /dev/null
+}
+
+function recipe_prepare {
+    rm -rf "$LLVM_PREFIX"
+    mkdir -p "$LLVM_PREFIX"
+    
+    rm -rf "$LLVM_BUILD"
+    mkdir "$LLVM_BUILD"
+}
+
 function recipe_update {
     echo "skipping update"
     skip=1
 }
 
 function recipe_build {
-    # Download patched LLVM
-    if [ -d llvm-redox ]
-    then
-        git -C llvm-redox pull
-    else
-        git clone https://github.com/redox-os/llvm.git -b redox --depth 1 llvm-redox
-    fi
-
     # Build LLVM
-    rm -rf "$LLVM_PREFIX"
-    mkdir -p "$LLVM_PREFIX"
-    rm -rf llvm-redox/build
-    mkdir -p llvm-redox/build
-    pushd llvm-redox/build
-        CC=$HOST-gcc CXX=$HOST-g++ cmake "${LLVM_CMAKE_ARGS[@]}" ..
+    pushd "$LLVM_BUILD"
+        CC=$HOST-gcc CXX=$HOST-g++ cmake "${LLVM_CMAKE_ARGS[@]}" "${LLVM_SOURCE}"
         make -j$(nproc)
         make install
     popd