diff --git a/libretro-buildbot-recipe.sh b/libretro-buildbot-recipe.sh
index 0f04a34e..219c24ce 100755
--- a/libretro-buildbot-recipe.sh
+++ b/libretro-buildbot-recipe.sh
@@ -1019,36 +1019,27 @@ buildbot_pull(){
 	cd $WORK
 }
 
-compile_audio_filters()
+compile_filters()
 {
-  HELPER=$1
-  MAKE=$2
-	echo "compiling audio filters"
-	echo "audio filter BUILD CMD: ${HELPER} ${MAKE}"
-	${HELPER} ${MAKE} -C libretro-common/audio/dsp_filters
+	FILTER="$1"
+	HELPER="$2"
+	MAKE="$3"
+
+	case "$FILTER" in
+		audio ) FILTERDIR='libretro-common/audio/dsp_filters' ;;
+		video ) FILTERDIR='gfx/video_filters' ;;
+	esac
+
+	echo "compile $FILTER filters"
+	echo "$FILTER filter BUILD CMD: ${HELPER} ${MAKE}"
+	( cd "$FILTERDIR"; ${HELPER} ${MAKE} )
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo buildbot job: $jobid audio filter build success!
+		echo "buildbot job: $jobid $FILTER filter build success!"
 	else
-		echo buildbot job: $jobid audio filter:	[status: fail]!
+		echo "buildbot job: $jobid $FILTER filter: [status: fail]!"
 	fi
 }
 
-compile_video_filters()
-{
-  HELPER=$1
-  MAKE=$2
-  echo "compiling video filters"
-  echo "$PWD"
-  echo "video filter BUILD CMD: ${HELPER} ${MAKE}"
-  ${HELPER} ${MAKE} -C gfx/video_filters
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-	  echo buildbot job: $jobid video filter build success!
-  else
-	  echo buildbot job: $jobid video filter:	[status: fail]!
-  fi
-}
-
-
 echo "buildbot job: $jobid Building Retroarch-$PLATFORM"
 echo --------------------------------------------------
 echo
@@ -1265,8 +1256,8 @@ if [ "${PLATFORM}" = "MINGW64" ] || [ "${PLATFORM}" = "MINGW32" ] || [ "${PLATFO
 
 	if [ "${BUILD}" = "YES" -o "${FORCE}" = "YES" -o "${FORCE_RETROARCH_BUILD}" == "YES" ]; then
 
-		compile_audio_filters ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
-		compile_video_filters ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
+		compile_filters audio ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
+		compile_filters video ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
 
 		echo "configuring..."
 		echo "configure command: $CONFIGURE $ARGS"
@@ -1662,8 +1653,8 @@ if [ "${PLATFORM}" = "unix" ]; then
 
 		touch $TMPDIR/built-frontend
 
-		compile_audio_filters ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
-		compile_video_filters ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
+		compile_filters audio ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
+		compile_filters video ${HELPER} ${MAKE}
 
 		echo "configuring..."
 		echo "configure command: $CONFIGURE $ARGS"