diff --git a/sesman/Makefile b/sesman/Makefile
index f059fbe7..9d925ee1 100644
--- a/sesman/Makefile
+++ b/sesman/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ SESMANOBJ = sesman.o config.o sig.o session.o env.o \
             os_calls.o d3des.o list.o file.o log.o access.o \
             scp.o scp_v0.o scp_v1.o scp_v1_mng.o thread.o lock.o
 
-SESSVCOBJ = sessvc.o os_calls.o log.o
-
 CFGDIR = /etc/xrdp
 PIDDIR = /var/run
 LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib/xrdp
@@ -19,13 +17,13 @@ LDFLAGS = -L/usr/gnu/lib -L/usr/lib/nptl -L./libscp -Wl,-rpath,$(LIBDIR) -lpthre
 C_OS_FLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -c
 CC = gcc
 
-all: libscp_ pam_base xrdp-sessvc tools_
+all: libscp_ pam_base xrdp-sessvc_ tools_
 
-nopam: libscp_ no_pam_base xrdp-sessvc tools_
+nopam: libscp_ no_pam_base xrdp-sessvc_ tools_
 
-pamuserpass: libscp_ pam_userpass_base xrdp-sessvc tools
+pamuserpass: libscp_ pam_userpass_base xrdp-sessvc_ tools
 
-kerberos: libscp_ kerberos_base xrdp-sessvc tools
+kerberos: libscp_ kerberos_base xrdp-sessvc_ tools
 
 pam_base: $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user_pam.o
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xrdp-sesman $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user_pam.o -lpam
@@ -40,8 +38,8 @@ pam_userpass_base: $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user_pam_userpass.o
 kerberos_base: $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user_kerberos.o
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xrdp-sesman $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user_kerberos.o -lkrb5
 
-xrdp-sessvc: $(SESSVCOBJ)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xrdp-sessvc $(SESSVCOBJ)
+xrdp-sessvc_:
+	make -C sessvc
 
 tools_:
 	make -C tools
@@ -50,17 +48,18 @@ libscp_:
 	make -C libscp
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user.o verify_user_pam.o verify_user_pam_userpass.o verify_user_kerberos.o xrdp-sesman sessvc.o xrdp-sessvc
+	rm -f $(SESMANOBJ) verify_user.o verify_user_pam.o verify_user_pam_userpass.o verify_user_kerberos.o xrdp-sesman
 	make -C tools clean
 	make -C libscp clean
+	make -C sessvc clean
 
 install:
 	install xrdp-sesman $(SBINDIR)/xrdp-sesman
 	install startwm.sh $(CFGDIR)/startwm.sh
 	install sesman.ini $(CFGDIR)/sesman.ini
-	install xrdp-sessvc $(SBINDIR)/xrdp-sessvc
 	make -C tools install
 	make -C libscp install
+	make -C sessvc install
 
 os_calls.o: ../common/os_calls.c
 	$(CC) $(C_OS_FLAGS) ../common/os_calls.c
diff --git a/sesman/Makefile.am b/sesman/Makefile.am
index ab388ed0..0020a480 100644
--- a/sesman/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/Makefile.am
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = \
-  xrdp-sesman \
-  xrdp-sessvc
+  xrdp-sesman
 
 xrdp_sesman_SOURCES = \
   scp.c \
@@ -39,17 +38,11 @@ xrdp_sesman_SOURCES = \
   env.c \
   $(AUTH_C)
 
-xrdp_sessvc_SOURCES = \
-  sessvc.c
-
 xrdp_sesman_LDADD = \
   $(top_srcdir)/common/libcommon.la \
   $(top_srcdir)/sesman/libscp/libscp.la \
   $(AUTH_LIB)
 
-xrdp_sessvc_LDADD = \
-  $(top_srcdir)/common/libcommon.la
-
 sesmansysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/xrdp
 
 sesmansysconf_DATA = \
@@ -58,7 +51,8 @@ sesmansysconf_DATA = \
 
 SUBDIRS = \
   libscp \
-  tools
+  tools \
+  sessvc
 
 # must be tab below
 install-data-hook:
diff --git a/sesman/sessvc/Makefile b/sesman/sessvc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39905e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sesman/sessvc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+SESSVCOBJ = sessvc.o os_calls.o log.o
+
+CFGDIR = /etc/xrdp
+PIDDIR = /var/run
+LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib/xrdp
+SBINDIR = /usr/local/sbin
+
+CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -I../../common
+LDFLAGS = -lpthread -ldl
+C_OS_FLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -c
+CC = gcc
+
+all: xrdp-sessvc
+
+xrdp-sessvc: $(SESSVCOBJ)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xrdp-sessvc $(SESSVCOBJ)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(SESSVCOBJ) xrdp-sessvc
+
+install:
+	install xrdp-sessvc $(SBINDIR)/xrdp-sessvc
+
+os_calls.o: ../../common/os_calls.c
+	$(CC) $(C_OS_FLAGS) ../../common/os_calls.c
+
+log.o: ../../common/log.c
+	$(CC) $(C_OS_FLAGS) -DLOG_ENABLE_THREAD ../../common/log.c
diff --git a/sesman/sessvc.c b/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
similarity index 99%
rename from sesman/sessvc.c
rename to sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
index 927ddca7..3d24070e 100644
--- a/sesman/sessvc.c
+++ b/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
   g_signal(9, signal_handler);   /* SIGKILL */
   g_signal(15, signal_handler);  /* SIGTERM */
   g_signal(17, signal_handler);  /* SIGCHLD */
- 
+
   g_printf("\n[sessvc] Waiting for X (pid %d) and WM (pid %d)\n", x_pid, wm_pid);
-  
+
   ret = g_waitpid(wm_pid);
   g_sigterm(x_pid);
 
   g_printf("\n[sessvc] WM is dead (waitpid said %d, errno is %d). exiting...\n", ret, errno);
   return 0;
 }
-