diff --git a/auto/make b/auto/make
index cdd32e20..d909193a 100644
--- a/auto/make
+++ b/auto/make
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ NXT_EXEC_LINK =		$NXT_EXEC_LINK $NXT_LD_OPT
 NXT_SHARED_LOCAL_LINK =	$NXT_SHARED_LOCAL_LINK $NXT_LD_OPT
 NXT_MODULE_LINK =	$NXT_MODULE_LINK
 
+all: $NXT_DAEMON
+
 .PHONY: $NXT_DAEMON
 $NXT_DAEMON: $NXT_BUILD_DIR/$NXT_DAEMON
 
-all: $NXT_DAEMON
-
 END