diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7622a4cfa4423b8347088beb58a75447f2394214..cfa2fa63834d16ff929ecc1d773665cd5bbcab0c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ version.o: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h
 	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"  RC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 version-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += version.o
+Makefile: $(version-obj-y)
 
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 # Build libraries