diff --git a/hypervisor/Makefile b/hypervisor/Makefile
index 5f6a3ef3e..1af40663d 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Makefile
+++ b/hypervisor/Makefile
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ MODULES += $(LIB_DEBUG)
 endif
 MODULES += $(SYS_INIT_MOD)
 
+.PHONY: $(MODULES)
+
 DISTCLEAN_OBJS := $(shell find $(BASEDIR) -name '*.o')
 VERSION := $(HV_OBJDIR)/include/version.h