diff --git a/dlls/Makefile.in b/dlls/Makefile.in
index 5b115e53ad1..53bb2779dde 100644
--- a/dlls/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/Makefile.in
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ LINKABLE_DLLS = ntdll.dll
 libntdll.dll.$(LIBEXT): ntdll/ntdll.dll$(DLLEXT)
 	$(RM) $@ && $(LN_S) ntdll/ntdll.dll$(DLLEXT) $@
 
-kernel: libntdll.dll.$(LIBEXT)
+kernel kernel/__install__: libntdll.dll.$(LIBEXT)
 
 uninstall::
 	$(RM) $(LINKABLE_DLLS:%=$(libdir)/lib%.$(LIBEXT))
diff --git a/dlls/make_dlls b/dlls/make_dlls
index 2303798b5f2..2a99fc7c1d5 100755
--- a/dlls/make_dlls
+++ b/dlls/make_dlls
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ foreach my $mod (keys %imports)
 {
     my $deps = "";
     foreach my $i (@{$linked_dlls{$mod}}) { $deps .= " lib$i.\$(LIBEXT)"; }
-    if ($deps) { printf NEWMAKE "%s:%s\n", $directories{$mod}, $deps; }
+    if ($deps) { printf NEWMAKE "%s %s/__install__:%s\n", $directories{$mod}, $directories{$mod}, $deps; }
 }
 
 print NEWMAKE <<EOF;