diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index cd9755e8f..9f24b5518 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ contains(BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS, 1) {
 INCLUDEPATH += src/leveldb/include src/leveldb/helpers
 LIBS += $$PWD/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a $$PWD/src/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 !windows {
-    genleveldb.commands = cd $$PWD/src/leveldb ; $(MAKE) libleveldb.a libmemenv.a
+    genleveldb.commands = cd $$PWD/src/leveldb && $(MAKE) libleveldb.a libmemenv.a
 } else {
     # make an educated guess about what the ranlib command is called
     isEmpty(QMAKE_RANLIB) {
         QMAKE_RANLIB = $$replace(QMAKE_STRIP, strip, ranlib)
     }
-    genleveldb.commands = cd $$PWD/src/leveldb ; CC=$$QMAKE_CC CXX=$$QMAKE_CXX TARGET_OS=OS_WINDOWS_CROSSCOMPILE CXXFLAGS="-I$$BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH" LDFLAGS="-L$$BOOST_LIB_PATH" $(MAKE) libleveldb.a libmemenv.a ; $$QMAKE_RANLIB $$PWD/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a ; $$QMAKE_RANLIB $$PWD/src/leveldb/libmemenv.a
+    genleveldb.commands = cd $$PWD/src/leveldb && CC=$$QMAKE_CC CXX=$$QMAKE_CXX TARGET_OS=OS_WINDOWS_CROSSCOMPILE CXXFLAGS="-I$$BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH" LDFLAGS="-L$$BOOST_LIB_PATH" $(MAKE) libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && $$QMAKE_RANLIB $$PWD/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a && $$QMAKE_RANLIB $$PWD/src/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 }
 genleveldb.target = $$PWD/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a
 genleveldb.depends = FORCE
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README
index 1d3910b99..46c7668ab 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Once you've got the right hardware and software:
     wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
     wget 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/zlib/1.2.6/zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz'
     wget 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng15/older-releases/1.5.9/libpng-1.5.9.tar.gz'
-    wget 'http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2.tar.gz'
+    wget 'http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3.tar.gz'
     cd ../..
 
     cd gitian-builder
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
index c5979614d..5271601ed 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ packages:
 - "faketime"
 reference_datetime: "2011-01-30 00:00:00"
 remotes:
-- "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
+- "url": "https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/bitcoin.git"
   "dir": "bitcoin"
 files:
-- "qt-win32-4.8.2-gitian-r1.zip"
+- "qt-win32-4.8.3-gitian-r1.zip"
 - "boost-win32-1.50.0-gitian2.zip"
 - "bitcoin-deps-0.0.5.zip"
 script: |
   #
   mkdir $HOME/qt
   cd $HOME/qt
-  unzip ../build/qt-win32-4.8.2-gitian-r1.zip
+  unzip ../build/qt-win32-4.8.3-gitian-r1.zip
   cd $HOME/build/
   export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/qt/bin/
   #
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
index 87887dec8..0b711790e 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ packages:
 reference_datetime: "2011-01-30 00:00:00"
 remotes: []
 files:
-- "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2.tar.gz"
+- "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3.tar.gz"
 script: |
   INSTDIR="$HOME/qt/"
   mkdir $INSTDIR
   SRCDIR="$INSTDIR/src/"
   mkdir $SRCDIR
   #
-  tar xzf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2.tar.gz
-  cd qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2
+  tar xzf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3.tar.gz
+  cd qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3
   sed 's/$TODAY/2011-01-30/' -i configure
   sed 's/i686-pc-mingw32-/i586-mingw32msvc-/' -i mkspecs/unsupported/win32-g++-cross/qmake.conf
   sed --posix 's|QMAKE_CFLAGS\t\t= -pipe|QMAKE_CFLAGS\t\t= -pipe -isystem /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/include/ -frandom-seed=qtbuild|' -i mkspecs/unsupported/win32-g++-cross/qmake.conf
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ script: |
 
   # as zip stores file timestamps, use faketime to intercept stat calls to set dates for all files to reference date
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
-  zip -r $OUTDIR/qt-win32-4.8.2-gitian-r1.zip *
+  zip -r $OUTDIR/qt-win32-4.8.3-gitian-r1.zip *
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
index 2a3eb17c2..02f0c47f4 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.txt
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
    wget 'ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.5.9.tar.gz'
    wget 'http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2'
    wget 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.50.0/boost_1_50_0.tar.bz2'
-   wget 'http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2.tar.gz'
+   wget 'http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3.tar.gz'
    cd ..
    ./bin/gbuild ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/boost-win32.yml
    mv build/out/boost-win32-1.50.0-gitian2.zip inputs/
    ./bin/gbuild ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
-   mv build/out/qt-win32-4.8.2-gitian-r1.zip inputs/
+   mv build/out/qt-win32-4.8.3-gitian-r1.zip inputs/
    ./bin/gbuild ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
    mv build/out/bitcoin-deps-0.0.5.zip inputs/
 
diff --git a/src/makefile.linux-mingw b/src/makefile.linux-mingw
index f4adbb2bf..64268dd0a 100644
--- a/src/makefile.linux-mingw
+++ b/src/makefile.linux-mingw
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ LIBS += $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libleveldb.a $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 DEFS += -I"$(CURDIR)/leveldb/include"
 DEFS += -I"$(CURDIR)/leveldb/helpers"
 leveldb/libleveldb.a:
-	@echo "Building LevelDB ..."; cd leveldb; TARGET_OS=OS_WINDOWS_CROSSCOMPILE CXXFLAGS="-I$(INCLUDEPATHS)" LDFLAGS="-L$(LIBPATHS)" make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a; cd ..
+	@echo "Building LevelDB ..." && cd leveldb && CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ TARGET_OS=OS_WINDOWS_CROSSCOMPILE CXXFLAGS="-I$(INCLUDEPATHS)" LDFLAGS="-L$(LIBPATHS)" make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib libleveldb.a && i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib libmemenv.a && cd ..
 obj/leveldb.o: leveldb/libleveldb.a
 
 obj/build.h: FORCE
diff --git a/src/makefile.mingw b/src/makefile.mingw
index 945ec7709..85d63e9ce 100644
--- a/src/makefile.mingw
+++ b/src/makefile.mingw
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ test check: test_bitcoin.exe FORCE
 LIBS += $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libleveldb.a $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/include)
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/helpers)
+# TODO: If this fails, try adding a ranlib libleveldb.a && ranlib libmemenv.a
 leveldb/libleveldb.a:
-	cd leveldb; make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a; cd ..
+	cd leveldb && make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && cd ..
 obj/leveldb.o: leveldb/libleveldb.lib
 
 obj/%.o: %.cpp $(HEADERS)
diff --git a/src/makefile.osx b/src/makefile.osx
index f3e17d0d1..9629545c0 100644
--- a/src/makefile.osx
+++ b/src/makefile.osx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ LIBS += $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libleveldb.a $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/include)
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/helpers)
 leveldb/libleveldb.a:
-	@echo "Building LevelDB ..."; cd leveldb; make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a; cd ..
+	@echo "Building LevelDB ..." && cd leveldb && make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && cd ..
 obj/leveldb.o: leveldb/libleveldb.a
 
 # auto-generated dependencies:
diff --git a/src/makefile.unix b/src/makefile.unix
index df05f7990..653f512e8 100644
--- a/src/makefile.unix
+++ b/src/makefile.unix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ LIBS += $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libleveldb.a $(CURDIR)/leveldb/libmemenv.a
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/include)
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/leveldb/helpers)
 leveldb/libleveldb.a:
-	@echo "Building LevelDB ..."; cd leveldb; make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a; cd ..;
+	@echo "Building LevelDB ..." && cd leveldb && make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && cd ..
 obj/leveldb.o: leveldb/libleveldb.a
 
 # auto-generated dependencies: