diff --git a/main/Makefile b/main/Makefile
index 9533163e30..d7315c3c22 100644
--- a/main/Makefile
+++ b/main/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ ASTLINK+=-Wl,--version-script,asterisk.exports
   endif
 endif
 
+.PHONY: CHECK_SUBDIR
 CHECK_SUBDIR:	# do nothing, just make sure that we recurse in the subdir/
 
 editline/libedit.a: CHECK_SUBDIR