diff --git a/make/lo.mk b/make/lo.mk
index 695f5dd1..d21337bd 100644
--- a/make/lo.mk
+++ b/make/lo.mk
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ clean.generated:
 clean.lo: profclean clean.generated
 	$(RM) -f $(wildcard *.o *.so *.done *.dll $(OTHER_LIB))
 
-$(SO_PREFIX)%.so $(SO_PREFIX)%.dll: %.o $(CPP_PREFIX)%.o $(OTHER_LIB)
+define LINK_RECIPE
 	$(CXX) $^ -L. $(OTHER_LIB_LDFLAGS) -shared $(FINAL_LDFLAGS) -o $@
+endef
+
+$(SO_PREFIX)%.so: %.o $(CPP_PREFIX)%.o $(OTHER_LIB) ; $(LINK_RECIPE)
+$(SO_PREFIX)%.dll: %.o $(CPP_PREFIX)%.o $(OTHER_LIB) ; $(LINK_RECIPE)
 
 %.cpp: $(TOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR)/$(CPP_PREFIX)%$(CPP_SUFFIX).h
 	echo "#include \"$<\"" > $@.tmp