diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f3d002bb..6344a513c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
 
 install: $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_install)
 
-.import: $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
+$(BIN): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
 	$(Q) for app in ${CONFIGURED_APPS}; do \
 		$(MAKE) -C "$${app}" archive ; \
 	done
+
+.import: $(BIN)
 	$(Q) install libapps.a $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)import$(DELIM)libs
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) install