diff --git a/programs/bpf/build.rs b/programs/bpf/build.rs
index ed7fd9265..4305c170c 100644
--- a/programs/bpf/build.rs
+++ b/programs/bpf/build.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ fn main() {
         let install_dir =
             "target/".to_string() + &env::var("PROFILE").unwrap() + &"/bpf".to_string();
 
-        assert!(Command::new("mkdir")
-            .arg("-p")
-            .arg(&install_dir)
-            .status()
-            .expect("Unable to create BPF install directory")
-            .success());
-
         let rust_programs = [
             "128bit",
             "alloc",
@@ -93,22 +86,16 @@ fn main() {
                 "cargo:warning=(not a warning) Building Rust-based BPF programs: solana_bpf_rust_{}",
                 program
             );
-            assert!(Command::new("bash")
-                .current_dir(format!("rust/{}", program))
-                .args(&["../../../../cargo-build-bpf"])
+            assert!(Command::new("../../cargo-build-bpf")
+                .args(&[
+                    "--manifest-path",
+                    &format!("rust/{}/Cargo.toml", program),
+                    "--bpf-out-dir",
+                    &install_dir
+                ])
                 .status()
                 .expect("Error calling cargo-build-bpf from build.rs")
                 .success());
-            let src = format!(
-                "rust/{0}/solana_bpf_rust_{0}.so",
-                program,
-            );
-            assert!(Command::new("mv")
-                .arg(&src)
-                .arg(&install_dir)
-                .status()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Failed to cp {} to {}", src, install_dir))
-                .success());
         }
 
         rerun_if_changed(&[], &["rust", "../../sdk", &install_dir], &["/target/"]);
diff --git a/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs b/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
index 00c47c625..920f8dc87 100644
--- a/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
+++ b/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ fn load_bpf_program(
     name: &str,
 ) -> Pubkey {
     let path = create_bpf_path(name);
-    let mut file = File::open(path).unwrap();
+    let mut file = File::open(&path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        panic!("Failed to open {}: {}", path.display(), err);
+    });
     let mut elf = Vec::new();
     file.read_to_end(&mut elf).unwrap();
     load_program(bank_client, payer_keypair, loader_id, elf)
diff --git a/sdk/bpf/scripts/dump.sh b/sdk/bpf/scripts/dump.sh
index 8990f17c6..b1dc866bf 100755
--- a/sdk/bpf/scripts/dump.sh
+++ b/sdk/bpf/scripts/dump.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ if ! command -v readelf > /dev/null; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+set -e
+out_dir=$(dirname "$dump")
+if [[ ! -d $out_dir ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "$out_dir"
+fi
 dump_mangled=$dump.mangled
 
 (
diff --git a/sdk/bpf/scripts/strip.sh b/sdk/bpf/scripts/strip.sh
index 6c579ff08..e80459829 100755
--- a/sdk/bpf/scripts/strip.sh
+++ b/sdk/bpf/scripts/strip.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ fi
 bpf_sdk=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)
 # shellcheck source=sdk/bpf/env.sh
 source "$bpf_sdk"/env.sh
+
+set -e
+out_dir=$(dirname "$so_stripped")
+if [[ ! -d $out_dir ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "$out_dir"
+fi
 "$bpf_sdk"/dependencies/llvm-native/bin/llvm-objcopy --strip-all "$so" "$so_stripped"
diff --git a/sdk/cargo-build-bpf/src/main.rs b/sdk/cargo-build-bpf/src/main.rs
index ae040c353..b08d37289 100644
--- a/sdk/cargo-build-bpf/src/main.rs
+++ b/sdk/cargo-build-bpf/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 
 struct Config {
     bpf_sdk: PathBuf,
+    bpf_out_dir: PathBuf,
     dump: bool,
     features: Vec<String>,
     manifest_path: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -22,11 +23,12 @@ impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             bpf_sdk: env::current_exe()
-                .expect("Unable to get current directory")
+                .expect("Unable to get current executable")
                 .parent()
                 .expect("Unable to get parent directory")
                 .to_path_buf()
                 .join("sdk/bpf"),
+            bpf_out_dir: env::current_dir().expect("Unable to get current directory"),
             features: vec![],
             manifest_path: None,
             no_default_features: false,
@@ -165,8 +167,10 @@ fn build_bpf(config: Config) {
 
     if let Some(program_name) = program_name {
         let program_unstripped_so = target_build_directory.join(&format!("{}.so", program_name));
-        let program_dump = PathBuf::from(format!("{}-dump.txt", program_name));
-        let program_so = PathBuf::from(format!("{}.so", program_name));
+        let program_dump = config
+            .bpf_out_dir
+            .join(&format!("{}-dump.txt", program_name));
+        let program_so = config.bpf_out_dir.join(&format!("{}.so", program_name));
 
         spawn(
             &config.bpf_sdk.join("scripts/strip.sh"),
@@ -185,7 +189,9 @@ fn build_bpf(config: Config) {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let default_bpf_sdk = format!("{}", Config::default().bpf_sdk.display());
+    let default_config = Config::default();
+    let default_bpf_sdk = format!("{}", default_config.bpf_sdk.display());
+    let default_bpf_out_dir = format!("{}", default_config.bpf_out_dir.display());
 
     let mut args = env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>();
     // When run as a cargo subcommand, the first program argument is the subcommand name.
@@ -234,9 +240,18 @@ fn main() {
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .help("Path to Cargo.toml"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("bpf_out_dir")
+                .long("bpf-out-dir")
+                .value_name("DIRECTORY")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .default_value(&default_bpf_out_dir)
+                .help("Place final BPF build artifacts in this directory"),
+        )
         .get_matches_from(args);
 
     let bpf_sdk = value_t_or_exit!(matches, "bpf_sdk", PathBuf);
+    let bpf_out_dir = value_t_or_exit!(matches, "bpf_out_dir", PathBuf);
 
     let config = Config {
         bpf_sdk: fs::canonicalize(&bpf_sdk).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
@@ -247,6 +262,13 @@ fn main() {
             );
             exit(1);
         }),
+        bpf_out_dir: if bpf_out_dir.is_absolute() {
+            bpf_out_dir
+        } else {
+            env::current_dir()
+                .expect("Unable to get current working directory")
+                .join(bpf_out_dir)
+        },
         dump: matches.is_present("dump"),
         features: values_t!(matches, "features", String)
             .ok()