diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc2c7faf7..f5e306f0a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ script:
     - BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL="--disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST --bindir=$OUTDIR/bin --libdir=$OUTDIR/lib"
     - depends/$HOST/native/bin/ccache --max-size=$CCACHE_SIZE
     - test -n "$USE_SHELL" && eval '"$USE_SHELL" -c "./autogen.sh"' || ./autogen.sh
-    - ./configure --cache-file=config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
-    - make distdir PACKAGE=bitcoin VERSION=$HOST
-    - cd bitcoin-$HOST
-    - ./configure --cache-file=../config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
+    - mkdir build && cd build
+    - ../configure $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
     - make $MAKEJOBS $GOAL || ( echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows." && make $GOAL V=1 ; false )
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST/lib
     - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then make $MAKEJOBS check VERBOSE=1; fi
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5783c1fdd..b10d08506 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OSX_DSSTORE_GEN=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py
 OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
 OSX_FANCY_PLIST=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist
 OSX_INSTALLER_ICONS=$(top_srcdir)/src/qt/res/icons/bitcoin.icns
-OSX_PLIST=$(top_srcdir)/share/qt/Info.plist #not installed
+OSX_PLIST=$(top_builddir)/share/qt/Info.plist #not installed
 OSX_QT_TRANSLATIONS = da,de,es,hu,ru,uk,zh_CN,zh_TW
 
 DIST_DOCS = $(wildcard doc/*.md) $(wildcard doc/release-notes/*.md)
@@ -53,18 +53,8 @@ COVERAGE_INFO = baseline_filtered_combined.info baseline.info block_test.info \
   leveldb_baseline_filtered.info test_bitcoin_coverage.info test_bitcoin.info
 
 dist-hook:
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(top_distdir)/src/leveldb clean
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(top_distdir)/src/secp256k1 distclean
 	-$(GIT) archive --format=tar HEAD -- src/clientversion.cpp | $(AMTAR) -C $(top_distdir) -xf -
 
-distcheck-hook:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_distdir)/_build/src/leveldb
-	cp -rf $(top_srcdir)/src/leveldb/* $(top_distdir)/_build/src/leveldb/
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(top_distdir)/_build/src/leveldb clean
-
-distcleancheck:
-	@:
-
 $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER): all-recursive
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/release
 	STRIPPROG="$(STRIP)" $(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM) $(BITCOIND_BIN) $(top_builddir)/release
@@ -234,7 +224,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/share/genbuild.sh qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py qa/rpc-
 
 CLEANFILES = $(OSX_DMG) $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER)
 
+# This file is problematic for out-of-tree builds if it exists.
+DISTCLEANFILES = qa/pull-tester/tests_config.pyc
+
 .INTERMEDIATE: $(COVERAGE_INFO)
 
 clean-local:
 	rm -rf coverage_percent.txt test_bitcoin.coverage/ total.coverage/ qa/tmp/ cache/ $(OSX_APP)
+	rm -rf qa/pull-tester/__pycache__
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a1c04daf5..7f9ff20cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1060,6 +1060,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MINIUPNPC_LIBS)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist src/test/buildenv.py])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py])
+AC_CONFIG_LINKS([qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py:qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py])
 
 dnl boost's m4 checks do something really nasty: they export these vars. As a
 dnl result, they leak into secp256k1's configure and crazy things happen.
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
index f810f89a5..57a576f1c 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import re
 
+sys.path.append("qa/pull-tester/")
 from tests_config import *
 
 BOLD = ("","")
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
     # terminal via ANSI escape sequences:
     BOLD = ('\033[0m', '\033[1m')
 
-RPC_TESTS_DIR = BUILDDIR + '/qa/rpc-tests/'
+RPC_TESTS_DIR = SRCDIR + '/qa/rpc-tests/'
 
 #If imported values are not defined then set to zero (or disabled)
 if 'ENABLE_WALLET' not in vars():
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py.in b/qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py.in
index 2356b5200..a0d0a3d98 100644
--- a/qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py.in
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
+SRCDIR="@abs_top_srcdir@"
 BUILDDIR="@abs_top_builddir@"
 EXEEXT="@EXEEXT@"
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 2f38ecde0..3df8e267b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ CTAES_DIST += crypto/ctaes/ctaes.h
 CTAES_DIST += crypto/ctaes/README.md
 CTAES_DIST += crypto/ctaes/test.c
 
-CLEANFILES = leveldb/libleveldb.a leveldb/libmemenv.a
-CLEANFILES += $(EXTRA_LIBRARIES)
+CLEANFILES = $(EXTRA_LIBRARIES)
+
 CLEANFILES += *.gcda *.gcno
 CLEANFILES += compat/*.gcda compat/*.gcno
 CLEANFILES += consensus/*.gcda consensus/*.gcno
@@ -435,14 +435,14 @@ CLEANFILES += zmq/*.gcda zmq/*.gcno
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = obj/build.h
 
-EXTRA_DIST = leveldb $(CTAES_DIST)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(CTAES_DIST)
 
 clean-local:
-	-$(MAKE) -C leveldb clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C secp256k1 clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C univalue clean
 	-rm -f leveldb/*/*.gcda leveldb/*/*.gcno leveldb/helpers/memenv/*.gcda leveldb/helpers/memenv/*.gcno
 	-rm -f config.h
+	-rm -rf test/__pycache__
 
 .rc.o:
 	@test -f $(WINDRES)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.leveldb.include b/src/Makefile.leveldb.include
index 88bb0c193..4b3cd6364 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.leveldb.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.leveldb.include
@@ -26,6 +26,61 @@ leveldb_libleveldb_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS_INT) $(LEVELDB
 leveldb_libleveldb_a_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
 
 leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES=
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/atomic_pointer.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/port_example.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/port_posix.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/win/stdint.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/port.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/port_win.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/port/thread_annotations.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/db.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/options.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/comparator.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/filter_policy.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/slice.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/table_builder.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/env.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/c.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/iterator.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/cache.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/dumpfile.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/table.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/write_batch.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/include/leveldb/status.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/log_format.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/memtable.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/version_set.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/write_batch_internal.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/filename.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/version_edit.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/dbformat.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/builder.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/log_writer.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/db_iter.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/skiplist.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/db_impl.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/table_cache.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/snapshot.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/log_reader.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/filter_block.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/block_builder.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/block.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/two_level_iterator.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/merger.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/format.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/table/iterator_wrapper.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/crc32c.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/arena.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/random.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/posix_logger.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/hash.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/histogram.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/coding.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/testutil.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/mutexlock.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/logging.h
+leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/util/testharness.h
+
 leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/builder.cc
 leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/c.cc
 leveldb_libleveldb_a_SOURCES += leveldb/db/dbformat.cc
@@ -76,3 +131,4 @@ endif
 leveldb_libmemenv_a_CPPFLAGS = $(leveldb_libleveldb_a_CPPFLAGS)
 leveldb_libmemenv_a_CXXFLAGS = $(leveldb_libleveldb_a_CXXFLAGS)
 leveldb_libmemenv_a_SOURCES =  leveldb/helpers/memenv/memenv.cc
+leveldb_libmemenv_a_SOURCES += leveldb/helpers/memenv/memenv.h
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
index 3b3991944..9381cca9f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -390,19 +390,20 @@ QT_QM=$(QT_TS:.ts=.qm)
 
 SECONDARY: $(QT_QM)
 
-qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp: $(libbitcoin_server_a_SOURCES) $(libbitcoin_wallet_a_SOURCES)
+$(srcdir)/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp: $(libbitcoin_server_a_SOURCES) $(libbitcoin_wallet_a_SOURCES)
 	@test -n $(XGETTEXT) || echo "xgettext is required for updating translations"
 	$(AM_V_GEN) cd $(srcdir); XGETTEXT=$(XGETTEXT) PACKAGE_NAME="$(PACKAGE_NAME)" COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS="$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS)" COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION="$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION)" $(PYTHON) ../share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py $^
 
-translate: qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp $(QT_FORMS_UI) $(QT_FORMS_UI) $(BITCOIN_QT_CPP) $(BITCOIN_QT_H) $(BITCOIN_MM)
+translate: $(srcdir)/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp $(QT_FORMS_UI) $(QT_FORMS_UI) $(BITCOIN_QT_CPP) $(BITCOIN_QT_H) $(BITCOIN_MM)
 	@test -n $(LUPDATE) || echo "lupdate is required for updating translations"
-	$(AM_V_GEN) QT_SELECT=$(QT_SELECT) $(LUPDATE) $^ -locations relative -no-obsolete -ts qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
+	$(AM_V_GEN) QT_SELECT=$(QT_SELECT) $(LUPDATE) $^ -locations relative -no-obsolete -ts $(srcdir)/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
 
 $(QT_QRC_LOCALE_CPP): $(QT_QRC_LOCALE) $(QT_QM)
 	@test -f $(RCC)
-	@test -f $(@D)/$(<F) || cp -f $< $(@D)
-	$(AM_V_GEN) QT_SELECT=$(QT_SELECT) $(RCC) -name bitcoin_locale $(@D)/$(<F) | \
+	@cp -f $< $(@D)/temp_$(<F)
+	$(AM_V_GEN) QT_SELECT=$(QT_SELECT) $(RCC) -name bitcoin_locale $(@D)/temp_$(<F) | \
 	  $(SED) -e '/^\*\*.*Created:/d' -e '/^\*\*.*by:/d' > $@
+	@rm $(@D)/temp_$(<F)
 
 $(QT_QRC_CPP): $(QT_QRC) $(QT_FORMS_H) $(RES_ICONS) $(RES_IMAGES) $(RES_MOVIES) $(PROTOBUF_H)
 	@test -f $(RCC)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 2d7791232..41d811fb5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ CLEAN_BITCOIN_TEST = test/*.gcda test/*.gcno $(GENERATED_TEST_FILES)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(CLEAN_BITCOIN_TEST)
 
+# This file is problematic for out-of-tree builds if it exists.
+DISTCLEANFILES += test/buildenv.pyc
+
 bitcoin_test: $(TEST_BINARY)
 
 bitcoin_test_check: $(TEST_BINARY) FORCE