diff --git a/commands/scripts/Makefile b/commands/scripts/Makefile
index 4f5f51d3b..5cdcef8b6 100755
--- a/commands/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/commands/scripts/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ usr:	\
 	/usr/bin/M \
 		/usr/bin/U \
 	/usr/bin/MAKEDEV \
+	/usr/bin/bigmake \
 	/usr/bin/adduser \
 	/usr/bin/cd \
 		/usr/bin/[ \
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ clean:
 /usr/bin/MAKEDEV:	MAKEDEV.sh
 	install -m 755 -c -o bin $? $@
 
+/usr/bin/bigmake:	bigmake.sh
+	install -m 755 -c -o bin $? $@
+
 /usr/bin/adduser:	adduser.sh
 	install -m 755 -c -o bin $? $@
 
diff --git a/commands/scripts/bigmake.sh b/commands/scripts/bigmake.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1fb86e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/scripts/bigmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+minixsize big
+make $*
+c=$?
+minixsize normal
+exit $c
diff --git a/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh b/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
index 1a2485251..8c4fa8a60 100644
--- a/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
+++ b/commands/scripts/minixsize.sh
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+t=/usr/src/etc/binary_sizes
+if [ "$1" = big ]
+then t=$t.big
+fi
+if [ -f $t ]
+then	cat "$t" | while read line
+	do	awk '{ print "chmem =" $2 " " $1 }'
+	done | /bin/sh
+fi