diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index fd79faab7892..5dc2d73c6499 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ bootpImage: vmlinux
 
 boot_targets += uImage uImage.bin uImage.gz
 
+PHONY += $(boot_targets)
 $(boot_targets): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@