diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5956c6450..3ba9113c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ else
 
 $(SYMTABSRC): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) install TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)"
-	$(Q) $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)tools$(DELIM)mksymtab.sh $(BINDIR) $(SYMTABSRC)
+	$(Q) $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)tools$(DELIM)mksymtab.sh $(BINDIR) $@.tmp
+	$(Q) $(call TESTANDREPLACEFILE, $@.tmp, $@)
 
 $(SYMTABOBJ): %$(OBJEXT): %.c
 	$(call COMPILE, -fno-lto $<, $@)