diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d26ab7d..8c0d4b0 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ for BUILD_TARGET_META in invariants ${BUILD_TARGETS_META:-world}; do
 		&& [ -n "${BUILD_PACKAGES_RESTART}" ]; then
 			BUILD_PACKAGES="$(ex_lfilter "${BUILD_PACKAGES}" "${BUILD_PACKAGES_RESTART}")";
 		fi;
+		ex_log_msg info "Starting \`${BUILD_TARGET_LC}' build target...";
 		for PKG_NAME in ${BUILD_PACKAGES}; do
 			ex_log_msg info "Starting \`${PKG_NAME}' build...";
 			ex_pkg_dispatch "${BUILD_TARGET}" "${PKG_NAME}"	\
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ for BUILD_TARGET_META in invariants ${BUILD_TARGETS_META:-world}; do
 		done;
 		if [ "${BUILD_SCRIPT_RC:-0}" -ne 0 ]; then
 			break;
+		else
+			ex_log_msg succ "Finished \`${BUILD_TARGET_LC}' build target.";
 		fi;
 	done;
 done;
diff --git a/etc/build.usage b/etc/build.usage
index 277024c..e14f840 100644
--- a/etc/build.usage
+++ b/etc/build.usage
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ usage: ./build.sh [-x] [-4|6] [-a nt32|nt64] [-b debug|release] [-c] [-h]
         -v[v[v]]                Be verbose; -vv: always print package logs; -vvv: logs fileops.
         --debug-minipix         Don't strip(1) minipix binaries to facilitate debugging minipix.
         <target>[ ...]          One of:
-                                host_toolchain, native_toolchain, runtime, host_packages,
-                                lib_packages, dev_packages, leaf_packages, minipix, dist,
-                                devroot, dev, or world.
+                                host_toolchain_deps, host_toolchain, native_toolchain_deps,
+                                native_toolchain, runtime, host_packages, lib_packages,
+                                dev_packages, leaf_packages, minipix, dist, devroot, dev,
+                                or world.
 
         ${HOME}/midipix_build.vars, ../midipix_build.vars, and build.vars are sourced
         if they exist.
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 4d06910..94c2960 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -8,34 +8,44 @@ INVARIANTS_PACKAGES="chainport";
 : ${PKG_CHAINPORT_NO_LOG_VARS:=1};
 
 #
-# Build target host_toolchain
+# Build target host_toolchain_deps
 #
-HOST_TOOLCHAIN_BUILD_TYPE="host";
-HOST_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-C --disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix= --target=${TARGET}";
-HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PACKAGES="
-slibtool_host perk_host mdso_host binutils_host binutils_host_x86_64_w64_mingw32
-gcc_stage1_cross_x86_64_w64_mingw32 gcc_stage1 psxstub musl_no_complex gcc_runtime
-musl_full gcc_libstdcpp_v3 gcc_full install_strip_host psxtypes_host ldso_host pkgconf_host";
-HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_BUILD_TYPE="host";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-C --disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix= --target=${TARGET}";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_PACKAGES="
+slibtool_host perk_host mdso_host binutils_host install_strip_host pkgconf_host";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_SLIBTOOL_HOST_URLS_GIT:="slibtool=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/slibtool"};
 : ${PKG_SLIBTOOL_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:=--host= --prefix=};
-: ${PKG_SLIBTOOL_HOST_PREFIX:=${PREFIX}};
 : ${PKG_PERK_HOST_URLS_GIT:="perk=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/perk"};
 : ${PKG_PERK_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--prefix=/usr"};
 : ${PKG_PERK_HOST_INSTALL_FILES:="@perk=bin/${TARGET}-perk"};
-: ${PKG_PERK_HOST_PREFIX:=${PREFIX}};
 : ${PKG_MDSO_HOST_URLS_GIT:="mdso=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/mdso"};
 : ${PKG_MDSO_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--prefix=/usr"};
 : ${PKG_MDSO_HOST_INSTALL_FILES:="@mdso=bin/${TARGET}-mdso /=${TARGET}/bin bin/mdso=${TARGET}/bin/mdso"};
-: ${PKG_MDSO_HOST_PREFIX:=${PREFIX}};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_SHA256SUM:=250d3b2925c6b211fb16173b0b25bc091c58829fbcad3eb849645e0af52cf7fa};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_VERSION:=2.24.51};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_URL:=ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-werror --enable-deterministic-archives --prefix=${PREFIX} --target=${TARGET} --with-sysroot=${PREFIX_CROSS}"};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_INSTALL_FILES:="@${TARGET}-windmc=bin/windmc @${TARGET}-windres=bin/windres"};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="PREFIX= prefix="};
-: ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_PREFIX=${PREFIX}};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_SLIBTOOL:=slibtool-static};
+: ${PKG_INSTALL_STRIP_HOST_NO_LOG_VARS:=1};
+: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_SHA256SUM:=7ec8b516e655e247f4ba976837cee808134785819ab8f538f652fe919cc6c09f};
+: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION:=0.9.12};
+: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_URL:=https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/releases/download/pkgconf-${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION}/pkgconf-${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
+: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="-C --prefix=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
+: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=prefix=};
+
+#
+# Build target host_toolchain
+#
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_BUILD_TYPE="host";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-C --disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix= --target=${TARGET}";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PACKAGES="
+binutils_host_x86_64_w64_mingw32 gcc_stage1_cross_x86_64_w64_mingw32 gcc_stage1
+psxstub musl_no_complex gcc_runtime musl_full gcc_libstdcpp_v3 gcc_full psxtypes_host ldso_host";
+HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_X86_64_W64_MINGW32_SHA256SUM:=250d3b2925c6b211fb16173b0b25bc091c58829fbcad3eb849645e0af52cf7fa};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_X86_64_W64_MINGW32_VERSION:=2.24.51};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_X86_64_W64_MINGW32_URL:=ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_X86_64_W64_MINGW32_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
@@ -61,7 +71,6 @@ HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 : ${PKG_GCC_LIBSTDCPP_V3_BASE_DIR:=${WORKDIR}/gcc-build};
 : ${PKG_GCC_FULL_VERSION:=4.6.4};
 : ${PKG_GCC_FULL_BASE_DIR:=${WORKDIR}/gcc-build};
-: ${PKG_INSTALL_STRIP_HOST_NO_LOG_VARS:=1};
 : ${PKG_PSXTYPES_HOST_URLS_GIT:=psxtypes=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/psxtypes};
 : ${PKG_PSXTYPES_HOST_BUILD_STEPS_DISABLE:=build:dynamic};
 : ${PKG_LDSO_HOST_URLS_GIT:=pemagine=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/pemagine};
@@ -71,21 +80,14 @@ HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 : ${PKG_LDSO_HOST_INSTALL_FILES:="@../${TARGET}/lib/libldso.a=${PREFIX}/lib/libldso.a"};
 : ${PKG_LDSO_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=STATIC_LIB_NAME=libldso.a};
 : ${PKG_LDSO_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=STATIC_LIB_NAME=libldso.a};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_SHA256SUM:=7ec8b516e655e247f4ba976837cee808134785819ab8f538f652fe919cc6c09f};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION:=0.9.12};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_URL:=https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/releases/download/pkgconf-${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION}/pkgconf-${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="-C --prefix=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=prefix=};
-: ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_PREFIX:=${PREFIX}};
 
 #
-# Build target native_toolchain
+# Build target native_toolchain_deps
 #
-NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix=/ --target=${TARGET}";
-NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PACKAGES="
-slibtool perk pkgconf gmp mpfr mpc libelf binutils binutils_x86_64_w64_mingw32
-musl_native gcc_native gcc_stage1_native_x86_64_w64_mingw32 mdso";
-NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix=/ --target=${TARGET}";
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_PACKAGES="
+slibtool perk pkgconf gmp mpfr mpc libelf";
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_SLIBTOOL_URLS_GIT:="slibtool=git://midipix.org/slibtool"};
 : ${PKG_SLIBTOOL_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--host=${TARGET} --prefix= --target=${TARGET}"};
 : ${PKG_PERK_URLS_GIT:="perk=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/perk"};
@@ -114,6 +116,14 @@ NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_VERSION:=0.8.13};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_URL:=http://www.mr511.de/software/libelf-${PKG_LIBELF_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix=${PREFIX_NATIVE} --target=${TARGET}"};
+
+#
+# Build target native_toolchain
+#
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix=/ --target=${TARGET}";
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PACKAGES="
+binutils binutils_x86_64_w64_mingw32 musl_native gcc_native gcc_stage1_native_x86_64_w64_mingw32 mdso";
+NATIVE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_SHA256SUM:=250d3b2925c6b211fb16173b0b25bc091c58829fbcad3eb849645e0af52cf7fa};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_VERSION:=2.24.51};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_URL:=ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-${PKG_BINUTILS_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
@@ -939,7 +949,7 @@ DIST_PACKAGES="dist_etc dist_digest dist_tarballs";
 # Build meta-targets
 #
 INVARIANTS_TARGET="invariants";
-DEVROOT_TARGET="host_toolchain native_toolchain runtime";
+DEVROOT_TARGET="host_toolchain_deps host_toolchain native_toolchain_deps native_toolchain runtime";
 DEV_TARGET="${DEVROOT_TARGET} dev_packages";
 WORLD_TARGET="${DEVROOT_TARGET} host_packages lib_packages leaf_packages minipix dist";
 ALL_TARGETS="${WORLD_TARGET} devroot dev world";