diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index 6ecac94f61..9242d95d55 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ cycleclean: cleanall $(addsuffix _clean,$(PPC_TARGET))
 	-$(DEL) $(EXENAME)
 clean: tempclean execlean cleanall $(addsuffix _clean,$(PPC_TARGET)) $(addsuffix _clean,$(TARGET_DIRS))
 distclean: tempclean execlean cleanall $(addsuffix _clean,$(CYCLETARGETS)) $(addsuffix _distclean,$(TARGET_DIRS))
-$(MSG2INC): $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
+$(MSG2INC): $(COMPILER_TARGETDIR) $(COMPILER_UNITTARGETDIR) $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
 	$(COMPILER) -FE. $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
 msgtxt.inc: $(MSGFILE)
 	$(MAKE) $(MSG2INC)
diff --git a/compiler/Makefile.fpc b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
index 2557729af1..edb5d2cddc 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile.fpc
+++ b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ distclean: tempclean execlean cleanall $(addsuffix _clean,$(CYCLETARGETS)) $(add
 # Make targets
 #####################################################################
 
-$(MSG2INC): $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
+$(MSG2INC): $(COMPILER_TARGETDIR) $(COMPILER_UNITTARGETDIR) $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
         $(COMPILER) -FE. $(COMPILERUTILSDIR)/msg2inc.pp
 
 # The msgtxt.inc only depends on the error?.msg file, not on msg2inc,