diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70f53b4..fb9aa5d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ build/o/libstrerror.rlib: build src/libstrerror.rs
 	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) --crate-type=lib -o $@ \
 		src/libstrerror.rs
 
-# bandage solution until bindgen(1) gets stdin support
-build/o/libsysexits.rlib: build $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h
-	printf '\043define EXIT_FAILURE 1\n' | cat - $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h \
-		> build/include/sysexits.h 
+build/o/libsysexits.rlib: build/include/sysexits.h
 	bindgen --default-macro-constant-type signed --use-core --formatter=none \
 		build/include/sysexits.h | $(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) --crate-type lib -o $@ -
 
+# bandage solution until bindgen(1) gets stdin support
+build/include/sysexits.h: build $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h
+	printf '\043define EXIT_FAILURE 1\n' | cat - $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h > $@
+
 .PHONY: dj
 dj: build/bin/dj
 build/bin/dj: src/dj.c build