diff --git a/src/stub/Makefile b/src/stub/Makefile
index 2821a88e..b1c9ca64 100644
--- a/src/stub/Makefile
+++ b/src/stub/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ tc_list =
 tc_objdump_disasm_options =
 
 # commands
+ECHO_e     = /bin/echo -e
+ECHO_E     = /bin/echo -E
 PERL       = perl
 PYTHON     = python
 UNIX2DOS  := $(PERL) -i -pe 's/$$/\r/;'
diff --git a/src/stub/src/arch/i086/Makefile.extra b/src/stub/src/arch/i086/Makefile.extra
index d6ee3e5e..0b24c8bb 100644
--- a/src/stub/src/arch/i086/Makefile.extra
+++ b/src/stub/src/arch/i086/Makefile.extra
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ endif
 
 # work around limitations of wine's cmd.exe
 define mkbat
-	echo -E '@set PATH=$3;%PATH%' > $1
-	echo -E '@set INCLUDE=$4' >> $1
-	echo -E '@set LIB=$5' >> $1
-	echo -E '@set a=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
-	echo -e '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
-	echo -e '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
-	echo -E '@set b=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
-	echo -e '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
-	echo -e '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
-	echo -E '$2 %a% %b% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '@set PATH=$3;%PATH%' > $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '@set INCLUDE=$4' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '@set LIB=$5' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '@set a=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_e) '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_e) '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '@set b=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_e) '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_e) '@shift\n@shift\n@shift\n@shift' >> $1
+	$(ECHO_E) '$2 %a% %b% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' >> $1
 	$(UNIX2DOS) $1
 endef