diff --git a/cli/Makefile b/cli/Makefile
index ea069e57c..b2b41d3a0 100644
--- a/cli/Makefile
+++ b/cli/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ OBJS = $(SRCS:%.c=%.o)
 CFLAGS  += -I../libtransmission
 LDFLAGS += ../libtransmission/libtransmission.a
 
-transmissioncli: $(OBJS)
+transmissioncli: $(OBJS) ../libtransmission/libtransmission.a
 	$(LINK_RULE)
 
 %.o: %.c ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.common Makefile
diff --git a/gtk/Makefile b/gtk/Makefile
index eb64e26e3..34366917e 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile
+++ b/gtk/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ OBJS = $(SRCS:%.c=%.o)
 CFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS_GTK) -I../libtransmission
 LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS_GTK) ../libtransmission/libtransmission.a
 
-transmission-gtk: $(OBJS)
+transmission-gtk: $(OBJS) ../libtransmission/libtransmission.a
 	$(LINK_RULE)
 
 %.o: %.c ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.common Makefile