diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a28a3c8d49..a0dafbf040 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ qemu-options.def: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx
 SUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,subdir-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 SOFTMMU_SUBDIR_RULES=$(filter %-softmmu,$(SUBDIR_RULES))
 
+$(SOFTMMU_SUBDIR_RULES): $(block-obj-y)
 $(SOFTMMU_SUBDIR_RULES): config-all-devices.mak
 
 subdir-%: