diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 6fd8d976b28..2ffb35dda15 100755
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def get_arguments():
                         action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_argument('--with-tests', help='Enable building of tests',
                         action='store_true', default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--add-path', help='Prepends a CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the build',
+                        action='append', dest='prefix_paths', default=[])
     parser.add_argument('--add-make-arg', help='Passes the argument to the make tool.',
                         action='append', dest='make_args', default=[])
     parser.add_argument('--add-config', help=('Adds the argument to the CMake configuration call. '
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ def get_arguments():
 def build_qtcreator(args, paths):
     if not os.path.exists(paths.build):
         os.makedirs(paths.build)
-    prefix_paths = [paths.qt]
+    prefix_paths = [os.path.abspath(fp) for fp in args.prefix_paths] + [paths.qt]
     if paths.llvm:
         prefix_paths += [paths.llvm]
     if paths.elfutils:
diff --git a/scripts/build_plugin.py b/scripts/build_plugin.py
index 9df8c64f747..811713a969d 100755
--- a/scripts/build_plugin.py
+++ b/scripts/build_plugin.py
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ def get_arguments():
                         help='Path to Qt Creator installation including development package',
                         required=True)
     parser.add_argument('--output-path', help='Output path for resulting 7zip files')
-    parser.add_argument('--add-path', help='Adds a CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the build',
+    parser.add_argument('--add-path', help='Prepends a CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the build',
                         action='append', dest='prefix_paths', default=[])
+    parser.add_argument('--add-make-arg', help='Passes the argument to the make tool.',
+                        action='append', dest='make_args', default=[])
     parser.add_argument('--add-config', help=('Adds the argument to the CMake configuration call. '
                         'Use "--add-config=-DSOMEVAR=SOMEVALUE" if the argument begins with a dash.'),
                         action='append', dest='config_args', default=[])
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ def build(args, paths):
         os.makedirs(paths.build)
     if not os.path.exists(paths.result):
         os.makedirs(paths.result)
-    prefix_paths = [paths.qt, paths.qt_creator] + [os.path.abspath(fp) for fp in args.prefix_paths]
+    prefix_paths = [os.path.abspath(fp) for fp in args.prefix_paths] + [paths.qt_creator, paths.qt]
     build_type = 'Debug' if args.debug else 'Release'
     cmake_args = ['cmake',
                   '-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=' + ';'.join(prefix_paths),
@@ -92,7 +94,10 @@ def build(args, paths):
 
     cmake_args += args.config_args
     common.check_print_call(cmake_args + [paths.src], paths.build)
-    common.check_print_call(['cmake', '--build', '.'], paths.build)
+    build_args = ['cmake', '--build', '.']
+    if args.make_args:
+        build_args += ['--'] + args.make_args
+    common.check_print_call(build_args, paths.build)
     if args.with_docs:
         common.check_print_call(['cmake', '--build', '.', '--target', 'docs'], paths.build)
     common.check_print_call(['cmake', '--install', '.', '--prefix', paths.install, '--strip'],