diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6da07f6..244be1a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ SET(MAIKO_HDRS
 )
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(gen-vdate
-  COMMAND mkvdate > vdate.c
+  COMMAND ../bin/mkvdate > vdate.c
   BYPRODUCTS vdate.c
 )
 
@@ -422,10 +422,6 @@ IF(MAIKO_DISPLAY_X11)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ldex ${MAIKO_LIBRARIES} ${MAIKO_DISPLAY_X11_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF()
 
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(mkvdate src/mkvdate.c)
-TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(mkvdate PUBLIC ${MAIKO_DEFINITIONS})
-TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(mkvdate PUBLIC inc)
-
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(setsout src/setsout.c src/byteswap.c)
 TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(setsout PUBLIC ${MAIKO_DEFINITIONS})
 TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(setsout PUBLIC inc)
diff --git a/bin/makefile-tail b/bin/makefile-tail
index dcff93b..9e552b3 100644
--- a/bin/makefile-tail
+++ b/bin/makefile-tail
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ $(OSARCHDIR)$(LDENAME): $(LIBFILES) $(EXTFILES) $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.o
 $(OSARCHDIR)ldeether: $(OBJECTDIR)ldeether.o $(DLPIFILES)
 	$(CC) $(OBJECTDIR)ldeether.o $(DLPIFILES) $(LDEETHERLDFLAGS) -o $(OSARCHDIR)ldeether
 
-$(OSARCHDIR)mkvdate: $(OBJECTDIR)mkvdate.o $(REQUIRED-INCS)
-	$(CC) $(OBJECTDIR)mkvdate.o $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OSARCHDIR)mkvdate
-
 $(OSARCHDIR)tstsout: $(OBJECTDIR)tstsout.o $(BYTESWAPFILES) $(REQUIRED-INCS)
 	$(CC) $(OBJECTDIR)tstsout.o $(BYTESWAPFILES) $(LDFLAGS) -lc -lm -o $(OSARCHDIR)tstsout
 
@@ -171,9 +168,9 @@ $(OSARCHDIR)setsout: $(OBJECTDIR)setsout.o $(REQUIRED-INCS)
 
 #### Component files ######################################################
 
-$(OBJECTDIR)vdate.o: $(LIBFILES) $(EXTFILES) $(OSARCHDIR)mkvdate
+$(OBJECTDIR)vdate.o: $(LIBFILES) $(EXTFILES) mkvdate
 	$(RM) $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.c
-	$(OSARCHDIR)mkvdate > $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.c
+	$(BINDIR)mkvdate > $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.c
 	$(CC) $(RFLAGS) $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.c -o $(OBJECTDIR)vdate.o
 
 $(OBJECTDIR)tstsout.o: $(SRCDIR)tstsout.c $(REQUIRED-INCS) \
@@ -197,9 +194,6 @@ $(OBJECTDIR)ldeboot.o: $(SRCDIR)ldeboot.c $(REQUIRED-INCS) \
 $(OBJECTDIR)ldeether.o: $(SRCDIR)ldeether.c $(REQUIRED-INCS)
 	$(CC) $(RFLAGS) $(SRCDIR)ldeether.c -o $(OBJECTDIR)ldeether.o
 
-$(OBJECTDIR)mkvdate.o: $(SRCDIR)mkvdate.c $(REQUIRED-INCS)
-	$(CC) $(RFLAGS) $(SRCDIR)mkvdate.c -o $(OBJECTDIR)mkvdate.o
-
 $(OBJECTDIR)main.o: $(SRCDIR)main.c $(REQUIRED-INCS) \
 	$(INCDIR)lispemul.h $(INCDIR)dbprint.h \
 	$(INCDIR)emlglob.h $(INCDIR)address.h $(INCDIR)adr68k.h $(INCDIR)stack.h \
diff --git a/bin/mkvdate b/bin/mkvdate
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fced6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mkvdate
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cat <<EOF
+#include <time.h>
+time_t MDate = $(date +%s);
+EOF