diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 9a58aeef..9880d8d7 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $(VERSION_SCRIPT):
 	$(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/make_version_script.sh $(BINARY_VERSION) > $@
 
 $(LIB_SO): $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A)
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $^ -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $(VERSION_SCRIPT) $(LIB_A) -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
 		$(filter-out -l$(LIBNAME),$(LDFLAGS)) -o $@
 
 $(TOPDIR)/include:
diff --git a/make/tools.mk b/make/tools.mk
index 48658af7..298221d8 100644
--- a/make/tools.mk
+++ b/make/tools.mk
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ ALL += $(LIBDIR) $(PREREQ_DONE) $(LOCAL_HDR) $(LOCAL_EXE_SH) $(MEMBERS)
 include $(MODDIR)/make/rules.mk
 clean: objclean textclean localclean
 install: $(ALL)
+$(LIB_SO): $(OBJ)
+all: $(LIB_SO)