diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b580c0da..4093b0ed7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BIN = libapps$(LIBEXT)
 # Build targets
 
 all: $(BIN)
-.PHONY: import install context context_serialize context_rest .depdirs preconfig depend clean distclean
+.PHONY: import install dirlinks context context_serialize context_rest .depdirs preconfig depend clean distclean
 
 define MAKE_template
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C $(1) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" BIN_DIR="$(BIN_DIR)"
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ install: $(BIN_DIR) .install
 import:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) .import TOPDIR="$(APPDIR)$(DELIM)import"
 
+dirlinks:
+	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C platform dirlinks TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)"
+
 context_rest: $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_context)
 
 context_serialize:
diff --git a/platform/Makefile b/platform/Makefile
index 07083810e..d41e1c40c 100644
--- a/platform/Makefile
+++ b/platform/Makefile
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ $(PLATFORMDIR): $(TOPDIR)$(DELIM).config
 	$(Q) $(DIRUNLINK) $(PLATFORMDIR)
 	$(Q) $(DIRLINK) $(LINKDIR) $(PLATFORMDIR)
 
+dirlinks:  $(PLATFORMDIR)
+
 install:
 
-context: $(PLATFORMDIR)
+context: dirlinks
 
 # Dependencies