diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bdc2f08c9..3828cf26ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ savedefconfig: $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot-config/conf outputmakefile
 
 # staging and target directories do NOT list these as
 # dependencies anywhere else
-$(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_TARGET_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_TARGET) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_HOST) $(PER_PACKAGE_DIR):
+$(BASE_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR) $(BASE_TARGET_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_TARGET) $(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_HOST) $(PER_PACKAGE_DIR):
 	@mkdir -p $@
 
 # outputmakefile generates a Makefile in the output directory, if using a