diff --git a/win32/libs/expat/Makefile b/win32/libs/expat/Makefile
index 1cb110359..c6036b797 100644
--- a/win32/libs/expat/Makefile
+++ b/win32/libs/expat/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCEBASE).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/expat
 PKG_MD5SUM:=ee8b492592568805593f81f8cdf2a04c
 
+TARGET:=$(TOPDIR)/builds/libs/lib/libexpat.la
+
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 extract-stamp: $(TOPDIR)/downloads/$(PKG_SOURCE)
@@ -16,10 +18,13 @@ $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/config.status: extract-stamp
 	cd $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) && ./configure --host=$(HOST_TRIPLET) --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../$(TOPDIR)/build/libs
 
 $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/libexpat.la: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/config.status
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) libexpat.la
+
+$(TARGET): $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/libexpat.la
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) installlib
 
 all: build
-build: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/libexpat.la
+build: $(TARGET)
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -rf $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) extract-stamp
diff --git a/win32/libs/freetype2/Makefile b/win32/libs/freetype2/Makefile
index dc79ec0c5..d0e31f396 100644
--- a/win32/libs/freetype2/Makefile
+++ b/win32/libs/freetype2/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCEBASE).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
 PKG_MD5SUM:=519c7cbf5cbd72ffa822c66844d3114c
 
+TARGET:=$(TOPDIR)/build/libs/lib/libfreetype.la
+
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 extract-stamp: $(TOPDIR)/downloads/$(PKG_SOURCE)
@@ -15,11 +17,11 @@ extract-stamp: $(TOPDIR)/downloads/$(PKG_SOURCE)
 $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/builds/unix/config.status: extract-stamp
 	cd $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) && ./configure --host=$(HOST_TRIPLET) --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../$(TOPDIR)/build/libs
 
-$(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/objs/libfreetype.la: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/builds/unix/config.status
+$(TARGET): $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/builds/unix/config.status
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) install
 
 all: build
-build: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/objs/libfreetype.la
+build: $(TARGET)
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -rf $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) extract-stamp
diff --git a/win32/libs/gettext/Makefile b/win32/libs/gettext/Makefile
index 63ff1f962..e9d2530ce 100644
--- a/win32/libs/gettext/Makefile
+++ b/win32/libs/gettext/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCEBASE).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=58a2bc6d39c0ba57823034d55d65d606
 
+TARGET:=$(TOPDIR)/build/libs/lib/libintl.la
+
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) extract-stamp: $(TOPDIR)/downloads/$(PKG_SOURCE)
@@ -16,10 +18,13 @@ $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/config.status: extract-stamp
 	cd $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) && ./configure --host=$(HOST_TRIPLET) --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../$(TOPDIR)/build/libs --disable-java
 
 $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/gettext-runtime/intl/libintl.la: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/config.status
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/gettext-runtime/intl libintl.la
+
+$(TARGET): $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/gettext-runtime/intl/libintl.la
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/gettext-runtime/intl install-exec
 
 all: build
-build: $(PKG_SOURCEBASE)/gettext-runtime/intl/libintl.la
+build: $(TARGET)
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -r $(PKG_SOURCEBASE) extract-stamp