diff --git a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
index 7146db0eda..7c80fc3ab0 100644
--- a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
+++ b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 							<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.createflash.{{u.id}}" name="Create flash image" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.createflash" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
 							<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.printsize.{{u.id}}" name="Print size" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.printsize" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
 							<targetPlatform archList="all" binaryParser="org.eclipse.cdt.core.ELF" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.targetPlatform.{{u.id}}" isAbstract="false" osList="all" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.targetPlatform"/>
-							<builder buildPath="${workspace_loc:/{{name}}}/Debug" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder.{{u.id}}" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="false" managedBuildOn="true" name="Gnu Make Builder" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder"/>
+							<builder buildPath="${workspace_loc:/{{name}}}/Debug" cleanBuildTarget="mbedclean" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder.{{u.id}}" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="false" managedBuildOn="true" name="Gnu Make Builder" parallelBuildOn="true" parallelizationNumber="optimal" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder"/>
 							<tool id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.tool.assembler.{{u.id}}" name="Cross ARM GNU Assembler" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.tool.assembler">
 								{% if options['as']['usepreprocessor'] %}
 								<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.usepreprocessor.{{u.id}}" name="Use preprocessor" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.usepreprocessor" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 							<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.createflash.{{u.id}}" name="Create flash image" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.createflash" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
 							<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.printsize.{{u.id}}" name="Print size" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.addtools.printsize" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
 							<targetPlatform archList="all" binaryParser="org.eclipse.cdt.core.ELF" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.targetPlatform.{{u.id}}" isAbstract="false" osList="all" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.targetPlatform"/>
-							<builder buildPath="${workspace_loc:/{{name}}}/Release" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder.{{u.id}}" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="false" managedBuildOn="true" name="Gnu Make Builder" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder"/>
+							<builder buildPath="${workspace_loc:/{{name}}}/Release" cleanBuildTarget="mbedclean" id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder.{{u.id}}" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="false" managedBuildOn="true" name="Gnu Make Builder" parallelBuildOn="true" parallelizationNumber="optimal" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.builder"/>
 							<tool id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.tool.assembler.{{u.id}}" name="Cross ARM GNU Assembler" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.tool.assembler">
 								{% if options['as']['usepreprocessor'] %}
 								<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.usepreprocessor.{{u.id}}" name="Use preprocessor" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.usepreprocessor" value="true" valueType="boolean"/>
diff --git a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/__init__.py b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/__init__.py
index 42ade5f9c4..00f9ef4b4c 100644
--- a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/__init__.py
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ the GNU ARM Eclipse plug-ins.
 Author: Liviu Ionescu <ilg@livius.net>
 """
 from tools.export.exporters import Exporter
-from os.path import splitext, basename, relpath, dirname
+from os.path import splitext, basename, relpath, dirname, exists
 from random import randint
 import os
 import copy
 import tempfile
+import shutil
 from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
 
 # import logging
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ class GNUARMEclipse(Exporter):
         # expected context values is not defined.
         self.gen_file('gnuarmeclipse/.project.tmpl', ctx, '.project')
         self.gen_file('gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl', ctx, '.cproject')
+        self.gen_file('gnuarmeclipse/makefile.targets.tmpl', ctx, 'makefile.targets')
 
         print 'Done.'
 
@@ -228,16 +230,38 @@ class GNUARMEclipse(Exporter):
             '--launcher.suppressErrors',
             '-nosplash',
             '-application org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.headlessbuild',
-            '-data', tmp_folder,
-            '-import', os.getcwd(),
-            '-cleanBuild', 'all',
+            '-data', relpath(tmp_folder, os.getcwd()),
+            '-import', '.',
+            '-cleanBuild', 'all'
         ]
 
-        ret_code = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        p = Popen(' '.join(cmd), stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        ret_code = p.returncode
+
+        stdout_string = "=" * 10 + "STDOUT" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        err_string = "=" * 10 + "STDERR" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        err_string += err
+
+
+        ret_string = "SUCCESS\n"
+        if ret_code != 0:
+            ret_string += "FAILURE\n"
+
+        print "%s\nSee %s for STDOUT\n%s\n%s" % (stdout_string, log_name, err_string, ret_string)
+
+        if log_name:
+            # Write the output to the log file
+            with open(log_name, 'w+') as f:
+                f.write(stdout_string)
+                f.write(out)
+                f.write(err_string)
+                f.write(ret_string)
 
         # Cleanup the exported and built files
         if cleanup:
-            os.remove(log_name)
+            if exists(log_name):
+                os.remove(log_name)
             os.remove('.project')
             os.remove('.cproject')
             if exists('Debug'):
diff --git a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/makefile.targets.tmpl b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/makefile.targets.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad8400a32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/makefile.targets.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+define \n
+
+
+endef
+
+mbedclean:
+	$(foreach TO_BE_CLEANED,$(CC_DEPS)$(C++_DEPS)$(OBJS)$(C_UPPER_DEPS)$(CXX_DEPS)$(SECONDARY_FLASH)$(SECONDARY_SIZE)$(ASM_DEPS)$(S_UPPER_DEPS)$(C_DEPS)$(CPP_DEPS) {{name}}.elf,$(RM) $(TO_BE_CLEANED)${\n})
+	-@echo ' '
\ No newline at end of file