diff --git a/cambridge.make b/cambridge.make
index 4acf4471d1bd034bc9aba70ba7ea729692b01da3..bb70765731005f45c2a6738143f8520bd45c0fbd 100644
--- a/cambridge.make
+++ b/cambridge.make
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ projects[email] = "1.2"
 projects[entity] = "1.2"
 projects[entityreference] = "1.0"
 projects[fancybox][version] = "2.0-beta2"
+projects[fancybox][subdir] = "patched"
 projects[fancybox][patch][] = "https://gist.github.com/thewilkybarkid/6550012/raw/27aa33685c0f484b6e1b9f63d61e98d73af9775b/fancybox_jquery.patch"
 libraries[fancybox][download][type] = "file"
 libraries[fancybox][download][url] = "https://github.com/fancyapps/fancyBox/archive/v2.1.5.tar.gz"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ projects[field_group] = "1.2"
 projects[globalredirect] = "1.5"
 projects[google_analytics] = "1.3"
 projects[imagecrop][version] = "1.0-rc3"
+projects[imagecrop][subdir] = "patched"
 projects[imagecrop][patch][] = "https://gist.github.com/thewilkybarkid/6241365/raw/fccdba35efbd5ec106d8b92a8af98f71172e1870/imagecrop_query_string.patch"
 projects[imagecrop][patch][] = "https://gist.github.com/thewilkybarkid/6351355/raw/a34c91e4480aa7c4c0b79644e13aeeec914c1726/imagecrop_theme.patch"
 projects[media] = "1.3"
diff --git a/cambridge_lite.make b/cambridge_lite.make
index dffea58970fe3b06a08fc62e676e36862bc561e2..1ddde13b28400273ccb2e0d352a40567d474a867 100644
--- a/cambridge_lite.make
+++ b/cambridge_lite.make
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 api = 2
 core = 7.x
 
+defaults[projects][subdir] = "contrib"
+
 ; theme
 
 projects[cambridge_theme][type] = "theme"