diff --git a/criu/Makefile b/criu/Makefile
index 73889f2b7..099020d86 100644
--- a/criu/Makefile
+++ b/criu/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ ifneq ($(filter ia32 x86 ppc64,$(ARCH)),)
         endif
 endif
 
+# msg-* printing
+include $(__nmk_dir)/msg.mk
+
 #
 # Version header file.
 include Makefile.version
diff --git a/criu/Makefile.config b/criu/Makefile.config
index a39f4cd91..36686d722 100644
--- a/criu/Makefile.config
+++ b/criu/Makefile.config
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include $(__nmk_dir)/utils.mk
+include $(__nmk_dir)msg.mk
 include ../scripts/feature-tests.mak
 
 CONFIG_HEADER := include/config.h
diff --git a/criu/Makefile.version b/criu/Makefile.version
index 44dad6c14..6007958ad 100644
--- a/criu/Makefile.version
+++ b/criu/Makefile.version
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include $(__nmk_dir)msg.mk
+
 CRTOOLSVERSION		:= $(VERSION_MAJOR)$(if $(VERSION_MINOR),.$(VERSION_MINOR))$(if $(VERSION_SUBLEVEL),.$(VERSION_SUBLEVEL))
 VERSION_HEADER		:= include/version.h
 GITID_FILE		:= ../.gitid
diff --git a/lib/pycriu/images/Makefile b/lib/pycriu/images/Makefile
index c8a748e5c..8fad6d895 100644
--- a/lib/pycriu/images/Makefile
+++ b/lib/pycriu/images/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include $(__nmk_dir)msg.mk
 all: pb.py images magic.py
 
 .PHONY: all images clean pb.py