diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile.am b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
index 427bad91449000cd64c975d1aace0ea80049510d..613857ac8ba52f45fc84e975077112eabbf6bdd5 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(nodist_EXTRA_DATA)
 nodist_EXTRA_DATA = ganeti.initd ganeti.cron
 
 all-local: ganeti.initd ganeti.cron
-ganeti.%: ganeti.%.in
+ganeti.%: ganeti.%.in Makefile
 	sed \
 	  -e "s#@PREFIX@#$(prefix)#g" \
 	  -e "s#@SYSCONFDIR@#$(sysconfdir)#g" \