diff --git a/ide/Makefile b/ide/Makefile
index 783455a88d..ef572eced6 100644
--- a/ide/Makefile
+++ b/ide/Makefile
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ fakegdbclean :
 	$(MAKE) -C fakegdb clean
 fakegdbinfo:
 	@$(ECHO) Using FakeGDB, IDE has no Debugger support
-builddirs: compilerunits fakegdbunits
+builddirs: fpc_packages compilerunits fakegdbunits
 buildfp: fpc_all
 gdb:
 	$(MAKE) builddirs
diff --git a/ide/Makefile.fpc b/ide/Makefile.fpc
index 580ab6729c..a98b2e582c 100644
--- a/ide/Makefile.fpc
+++ b/ide/Makefile.fpc
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ fakegdbinfo:
 #
 # Build targets
 #
-# building happends in 2 steps, first the compiler and fakegdb
+# building happends in 2 steps, first the packages, compiler and fakegdb
 # dirs are build. In the second step the IDE is build. This is
 # required because it needs to detect which compiler version
 # to use.
 #
-builddirs: compilerunits fakegdbunits
+builddirs: fpc_packages compilerunits fakegdbunits
 
 buildfp: fpc_all