diff --git a/vsn/Makefile b/vsn/Makefile
index d971d3fe4..50aa42fcc 100644
--- a/vsn/Makefile
+++ b/vsn/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = free hello poweroff ramtron sdcard
 
 all: nothing
-.PHONY: nothing
+.PHONY: nothing depend clean distclean
 
 nothing: