diff --git a/tests/example/common.mk b/tests/example/common.mk
index 26c1dd7..95646f3 100644
--- a/tests/example/common.mk
+++ b/tests/example/common.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CFLAGS += -march=$(RISCV_ARCH)
 CFLAGS += -mabi=$(RISCV_ABI)
 CFLAGS += -mcmodel=$(RISCV_MCMODEL) -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-builtin-printf -fno-builtin-malloc
 
-$(TARGET): $(LINK_OBJS) $(LINK_DEPS)
+$(TARGET): $(LINK_OBJS) $(LINK_DEPS) Makefile
 	$(RISCV_GCC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(LINK_OBJS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(RISCV_OBJCOPY) -O binary $@ $@.bin
 	$(RISCV_OBJDUMP) --disassemble-all $@ > $@.dump