diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac63842e1..d46c96a49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: makefile-gmake -*-
 .DEFAULT_GOAL=help
 include ./.config.mk
+include utils/makefile.include
 
 PYOBJECTS = searx
 DOC       = docs
 PY_SETUP_EXTRAS ?= \[test\]
 
-PYDIST=./dist/py
-PYBUILD=./build/py
-
-include utils/makefile.include
 include utils/makefile.python
 include utils/makefile.sphinx
 
@@ -32,9 +29,9 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  GIT_URL   = $(GIT_URL)'
 	@echo  '  DOCS_URL  = $(DOCS_URL)'
 	@echo  ''
-	@$(MAKE) -s -f utils/makefile.include make-help
+	@$(MAKE) -e -s -f utils/makefile.include make-help
 	@echo  ''
-	@$(MAKE) -s -f utils/makefile.python python-help
+	@$(MAKE) -e -s -f utils/makefile.python python-help
 
 PHONY += install
 install: pyenvinstall
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ PHONY += uninstall
 uninstall: pyenvuninstall
 
 PHONY += clean
-clean: pyclean
+clean: pyclean docs-clean
 	$(call cmd,common_clean)
 
 PHONY += run
diff --git a/utils/lxc-searx.env b/utils/lxc-searx.env
index b088ca792..a5ef5712c 100644
--- a/utils/lxc-searx.env
+++ b/utils/lxc-searx.env
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ lxc_set_suite_env() {
     export MORTY_LISTEN="0.0.0.0:3000"
 }
 
+lxc_suite_install_info="suite includes searx, morty & filtron"
 lxc_suite_install() {
     (
         lxc_set_suite_env
@@ -46,6 +47,16 @@ lxc_suite_install() {
     )
 }
 
+lxc_suite_prepare_buildhost() {
+    (
+        lxc_set_suite_env
+        export FORCE_TIMEOUT=0
+        "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/searx.sh"   install buildhost
+        rst_title "buildhost installation finished ($(hostname))" part
+        echo
+    )
+}
+
 lxc_suite_info() {
     (
         lxc_set_suite_env
diff --git a/utils/lxc.sh b/utils/lxc.sh
index 3c4d2016e..64805272e 100755
--- a/utils/lxc.sh
+++ b/utils/lxc.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ cmd
   --             run command '...' in all containers of the LXC suite
   :<name>:       run command '...' in container <name>
 install
-  :suite:        install LXC suite, includes morty & filtron
+  :suite:        install LXC suite; ${lxc_suite_install_info}
+  :buildhost:    prepare LXC; buildhost
 
 EOF
     usage_images
@@ -224,12 +225,7 @@ main() {
             sudo_or_exit
             shift
             case $1 in
-                --)
-                    shift
-                    for name in "${CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
-                        lxc_exec_cmd "${name}" "$@"
-                    done
-                    ;;
+                --) shift; lxc_exec "$@" ;;
                 ${LXC_HOST_PREFIX}-*)
                     ! lxc_exists "$1" && usage_containers "unknown container: $1" && exit 42
                     local name=$1
@@ -242,13 +238,15 @@ main() {
         install)
             sudo_or_exit
             case $2 in
-                suite) install_suite ;;
+                suite) lxc_exec "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/lxc.sh" __install suite;;
+                buildhost) lxc_exec "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/lxc.sh" __install buildhost;;
                 *) usage "$_usage"; exit 42 ;;
             esac
             ;;
         __install)
             case $2 in
                 suite) lxc_suite_install ;;
+                buildhost) lxc_suite_prepare_buildhost ;;
             esac
             ;;
         doc)
@@ -263,7 +261,6 @@ main() {
 
 build_instances() {
     rst_title "Build LXC instances"
-    echo
     lxc_copy_images_localy
     echo
     rst_title "build containers" section
@@ -360,18 +357,6 @@ show_suite(){
     done
 }
 
-install_suite() {
-    for i in "${CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
-        if ! lxc_exists "$i"; then
-            warn_msg "container ${_BBlue}$i${_creset} does not yet exists"
-        else
-            info_msg "[${_BBlue}${i}${_creset}] ${_BGreen}${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/lxc.sh install suite${_creset}"
-            lxc exec -t "${i}" -- "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/lxc.sh" __install suite \
-                | prefix_stdout "[${_BBlue}${i}${_creset}]  "
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
 lxc_cmd() {
     for i in "${CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
         if ! lxc_exists "$i"; then
@@ -389,14 +374,23 @@ lxc_exec_cmd() {
     shift
     exit_val=
     info_msg "[${_BBlue}${name}${_creset}] ${_BGreen}${*}${_creset}"
-    lxc exec --cwd "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}" "${name}" -- bash -c "$*"
+    lxc exec -t --cwd "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}" "${name}" -- bash -c "$*"
     exit_val=$?
     if [[ $exit_val -ne 0 ]]; then
         warn_msg "[${_BBlue}${name}${_creset}] exit code (${_BRed}${exit_val}${_creset}) from ${_BGreen}${*}${_creset}"
     else
         info_msg "[${_BBlue}${name}${_creset}] exit code (${exit_val}) from ${_BGreen}${*}${_creset}"
     fi
-    echo
+}
+
+lxc_exec() {
+    for i in "${CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
+        if ! lxc_exists "$i"; then
+            warn_msg "container ${_BBlue}$i${_creset} does not yet exists"
+        else
+            lxc_exec_cmd "${i}" "$@" | prefix_stdout "[${_BBlue}${i}${_creset}] "
+        fi
+    done
 }
 
 lxc_init_containers() {
@@ -449,7 +443,17 @@ lxc_boilerplate_containers() {
         boilerplate_script="${image_name}_boilerplate"
         boilerplate_script="${!boilerplate_script}"
 
-        info_msg "[${_BBlue}${container_name}${_creset}] install boilerplate"
+        info_msg "[${_BBlue}${container_name}${_creset}] install /.lxcenv.mk .."
+        if lxc start -q "${container_name}" &>/dev/null; then
+            sleep 5 # guest needs some time to come up and get an IP
+        fi
+        cat <<EOF | lxc exec "${container_name}" -- bash | prefix_stdout "[${_BBlue}${container_name}${_creset}] "
+rm -f "/.lxcenv.mk"
+ln -s "${LXC_REPO_ROOT}/utils/makefile.lxc" "/.lxcenv.mk"
+ls -l "/.lxcenv.mk"
+EOF
+
+        info_msg "[${_BBlue}${container_name}${_creset}] install boilerplate .."
         if lxc start -q "${container_name}" &>/dev/null; then
             sleep 5 # guest needs some time to come up and get an IP
         fi
diff --git a/utils/makefile.include b/utils/makefile.include
index 716889c02..933d2b57a 100644
--- a/utils/makefile.include
+++ b/utils/makefile.include
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: makefile-gmake -*-
 
+ifeq (,$(wildcard /.lxcenv.mk))
+PHONY += lxc-activate
+lxc-activate:
+	@$(MAKE) -s -f  /share/searx/utils/makefile.lxc lxc-activate
+else
+	include /.lxcenv.mk
+endif
+
+ifeq (,$(wildcard /.lxcenv.mk))
 make-help:
+else
+make-help: lxc-help
+endif
 	@echo  '  make V=0|1 [targets] 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose build'
 	@echo  '  make V=2   [targets] 2 => give reason for rebuild of target'
 
 quiet_cmd_common_clean = CLEAN     $@
       cmd_common_clean = \
-	rm -rf tests/build ;\
 	find . -name '*.orig' -exec rm -f {} +     ;\
 	find . -name '*.rej' -exec rm -f {} +      ;\
 	find . -name '*~' -exec rm -f {} +         ;\
@@ -126,3 +137,4 @@ echo-cmd = $(if $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)),echo '$(call escsq,$($(quiet)cmd_$(1)))$(ech
 # printing commands
 cmd = @$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1))
 
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/utils/makefile.lxc b/utils/makefile.lxc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b79994ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/makefile.lxc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: makefile-gmake -*-
+#
+# LXC environment
+# ===============
+#
+# To activate/deactivate LXC makefile environment in a container, set/unset link
+# from root '/.lxcenv.mk' to *this* file::
+#
+#   sudo make ./utils/makefile.lxc lxc-activate
+#   sudo make ./utils/makefile.lxc lxc-deactivate
+
+LXC_ENV_FOLDER=/lxc-$(shell hostname)
+
+lxc-help::
+	@echo  'LXC: running in container LXC_ENV_FOLDER=$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)'
+
+# If not activated, serve target 'lxc-activate' ..
+ifeq (,$(wildcard /.lxcenv.mk))
+PHONY += lxc-activate
+lxc-activate:
+	ln -s "$(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))" "/.lxcenv.mk"
+else
+# .. and if activated, serve target 'lxc-deactivate'.
+PHONY += lxc-deactivate
+lxc-deactivate:
+	rm /.lxcenv.mk
+endif
+
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/utils/makefile.python b/utils/makefile.python
index f7e4315c1..bd7d0d14e 100644
--- a/utils/makefile.python
+++ b/utils/makefile.python
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ PYOBJECTS ?=
 
 SITE_PYTHON ?=$(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))site-python
 export PYTHONPATH := $(SITE_PYTHON):$$PYTHONPATH
+export PY_ENV PYDIST PYBUILD
 
 # folder where the python distribution takes place
-PYDIST   ?= ./py_dist
+PYDIST   = ./dist$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
 # folder where the python intermediate build files take place
-PYBUILD  ?= ./py_build
+PYBUILD  = ./build$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
 # python version to use
 PY       ?=3
 PYTHON   ?= python$(PY)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ TEST_FOLDER  ?= ./tests
 TEST         ?= .
 
 VTENV_OPTS   ?=
-PY_ENV       = ./local/py$(PY)
+PY_ENV       = ./local$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)/py$(PY)
 PY_ENV_BIN   = $(PY_ENV)/bin
 PY_ENV_ACT   = . $(PY_ENV_BIN)/activate
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ python-help::
 	@echo  '    pylint    - run pylint *linting*'
 	@echo  '    pytest    - run *tox* test on python objects'
 	@echo  '    pydebug   - run tests within a PDB debug session'
-	@echo  '    pybuild   - build python packages'
+	@echo  '    pybuild   - build python packages ($(PYDIST) $(PYBUILD))'
 	@echo  '    pyclean   - clean intermediate python objects'
 	@echo  '  targets using system users environment:'
 	@echo  '    py[un]install - [un]install python objects in editable mode'
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ quiet_cmd_pybuild     = BUILD     $@
 quiet_cmd_pyclean     = CLEAN     $@
 # remove 'build' folder since bdist_wheel does not care the --bdist-dir
       cmd_pyclean     = \
-	rm -rf $(PYDIST) $(PYBUILD) ./local ./.tox *.egg-info     ;\
+	rm -rf $(PYDIST) $(PYBUILD) $(PY_ENV) ./.tox *.egg-info     ;\
 	find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} +      ;\
 	find . -name '*.pyo' -exec rm -f {} +      ;\
 	find . -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} +
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ pyenv-uninstall: $(PY_ENV)
 
 # runs python interpreter from ./local/py<N>/bin/python
 pyenv-python: pyenv-install
-	cd ./local; ../$(PY_ENV_BIN)/python -i
+	$(PY_ENV_BIN)/python -i
 
 # With 'dependency_links=' setuptools supports dependencies on packages hosted
 # on other reposetories then PyPi, see "Packages Not On PyPI" [1].  The big
diff --git a/utils/makefile.sphinx b/utils/makefile.sphinx
index 2c1922fc9..4926bb53a 100644
--- a/utils/makefile.sphinx
+++ b/utils/makefile.sphinx
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: makefile-gmake -*-
 
+export DOCS_FOLDER DOCS_BUILD DOCS_DIST BOOKS_FOLDER BOOKS_DIST
+
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 SPHINXOPTS  ?=
 SPHINXBUILD ?= $(PY_ENV_BIN)/sphinx-build
 SPHINX_CONF ?= conf.py
 
-DOCS_FOLDER ?= docs
-DOCS_BUILD  ?= build/docs
-DOCS_DIST   ?= dist/docs
+DOCS_FOLDER = docs$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
+DOCS_BUILD  = build/docs$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
+DOCS_DIST   = dist/docs$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
 GH_PAGES    ?= gh-pages
 
-BOOKS_FOLDER ?= docs
-BOOKS_DIST   ?= dist/books
+BOOKS_FOLDER = docs$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
+BOOKS_DIST   = dist/books$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_VERBOSE),1)
   SPHINX_VERBOSE = "-v"