diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7570864e1..30e0921f3 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ OBJS = main.o nmap.o targets.o tcpip.o nmap_error.o utils.o idle_scan.o osscan.o
 .cc.o:
 	$(CXX) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-all: $(TARGET) $(TARGETNMAPFE) $(BUILDUMIT)
-$(TARGET): @LUA_DEPENDS@ @PCAP_DEPENDS@ @PCRE_DEPENDS@ @DNET_DEPENDS@ $(NBASEDIR)/libnbase.a $(NSOCKDIR)/src/libnsock.a $(NSESTDLIB) $(OBJS)
+all: @LUA_DEPENDS@ @PCAP_DEPENDS@ @PCRE_DEPENDS@ @DNET_DEPENDS@ $(NBASEDIR)/libnbase.a $(NSOCKDIR)/src/libnsock.a $(NSESTDLIB)
+	$(MAKE) $(TARGET) $(TARGETNMAPFE) $(BUILDUMIT)
+
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
 	echo Compiling nmap
 	rm -f $@
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS)