diff --git a/trunk/libc/manual/Makefile b/trunk/libc/manual/Makefile
index 754bf12..40c83be 100644
--- a/libc/manual/Makefile
+++ b/libc/manual/Makefile
@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ ifdef objpfx
 .PHONY: stubs
 stubs: $(objpfx)stubs
 endif
-$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot $(objpfx)stamp%:
+$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot:
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	touch $@
+$(objpfx)stamp%:
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	touch $@
 
