--- a/config/rules.mk
+++ b/config/rules.mk
@@ -350,16 +350,19 @@ endif
 
 XPIDL_GEN_DIR		= _xpidlgen
 
 ifdef MOZ_UPDATE_XTERM
 # Its good not to have a newline at the end of the titlebar string because it
 # makes the make -s output easier to read.  Echo -n does not work on all
 # platforms, but we can trick sed into doing it.
 UPDATE_TITLE = sed -e "s!Y!$@ in $(shell $(BUILD_TOOLS)/print-depth-path.sh)/$(dir)!" $(MOZILLA_DIR)/config/xterm.str;
+UPDATE_TITLE_export = sed -e "s!Y!export in $(shell $(BUILD_TOOLS)/print-depth-path.sh)/$*!" $(MOZILLA_DIR)/config/xterm.str;
+UPDATE_TITLE_libs = sed -e "s!Y!libs in $(shell $(BUILD_TOOLS)/print-depth-path.sh)/$*!" $(MOZILLA_DIR)/config/xterm.str;
+UPDATE_TITLE_tools = sed -e "s!Y!tools in $(shell $(BUILD_TOOLS)/print-depth-path.sh)/$*!" $(MOZILLA_DIR)/config/xterm.str;
 endif
 
 LOOP_OVER_DIRS = \
     @$(EXIT_ON_ERROR) \
     $(foreach dir,$(DIRS),$(UPDATE_TITLE) $(MAKE) -C $(dir) $@; ) true
 
 # we only use this for the makefiles target and other stuff that doesn't matter
 LOOP_OVER_PARALLEL_DIRS = \
@@ -692,28 +695,28 @@ ifneq (,$(DIRS)$(TOOL_DIRS)$(PARALLEL_DI
 	+$(LOOP_OVER_DIRS)
 	+$(LOOP_OVER_TOOL_DIRS)
 endif
 
 ifdef PARALLEL_DIRS
 export:: $(PARALLEL_DIRS_export)
 
 $(PARALLEL_DIRS_export): %_export: %/Makefile
-	+$(MAKE) -C $* export
+	+@$(UPDATE_TITLE_export) $(MAKE) -C $* export
 endif
 
 export:: $(SUBMAKEFILES) $(MAKE_DIRS) $(if $(EXPORTS)$(XPIDLSRCS)$(SDK_HEADERS)$(SDK_XPIDLSRCS),$(PUBLIC)) $(if $(SDK_HEADERS)$(SDK_XPIDLSRCS),$(SDK_PUBLIC)) $(if $(XPIDLSRCS),$(IDL_DIR)) $(if $(SDK_XPIDLSRCS),$(SDK_IDL_DIR))
 	+$(LOOP_OVER_DIRS)
 	+$(LOOP_OVER_TOOL_DIRS)
 
 ifdef PARALLEL_DIRS
 tools:: $(PARALLEL_DIRS_tools)
 
 $(PARALLEL_DIRS_tools): %_tools: %/Makefile
-	+$(MAKE) -C $* tools
+	+@$(UPDATE_TITLE_tools) $(MAKE) -C $* tools
 endif
 
 tools:: $(SUBMAKEFILES) $(MAKE_DIRS)
 	+$(LOOP_OVER_DIRS)
 ifdef TOOL_DIRS
 	@$(EXIT_ON_ERROR) \
 	$(foreach dir,$(TOOL_DIRS),$(UPDATE_TITLE) $(MAKE) -C $(dir) libs; ) true
 endif
@@ -742,17 +745,17 @@ LIBS_DEPS = $(filter %.$(LIB_SUFFIX), $(
 HOST_LIBS_DEPS = $(filter %.$(LIB_SUFFIX), $(HOST_LIBS))
 DSO_LDOPTS_DEPS = $(EXTRA_DSO_LIBS) $(filter %.$(LIB_SUFFIX), $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS))
 
 ##############################################
 ifdef PARALLEL_DIRS
 libs:: $(PARALLEL_DIRS_libs)
 
 $(PARALLEL_DIRS_libs): %_libs: %/Makefile
-	+$(MAKE) -C $* libs
+	+@$(UPDATE_TITLE_libs) $(MAKE) -C $* libs
 endif
 
 libs:: $(SUBMAKEFILES) $(MAKE_DIRS) $(HOST_LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY) $(SHARED_LIBRARY) $(IMPORT_LIBRARY) $(HOST_PROGRAM) $(PROGRAM) $(HOST_SIMPLE_PROGRAMS) $(SIMPLE_PROGRAMS)
 ifndef NO_DIST_INSTALL
 ifdef LIBRARY
 ifdef EXPORT_LIBRARY # Stage libs that will be linked into a static build
 ifdef IS_COMPONENT
 	$(INSTALL) $(IFLAGS1) $(LIBRARY) $(MOZDEPTH)/staticlib/components