diff --git a/dlls/Makedll.rules.in b/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
index 785688c576b..6fa914d925e 100644
--- a/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
+++ b/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $(MODULE): $(RCOBJS) $(OBJS) $(MODULE).dbg.o $(SPEC_DEF) Makefile.in
 
 # Rules for import libraries
 
-.PHONY: implib static_implib $(IMPLIB_OBJS:%=__static_implib__%)
+.PHONY: implib $(IMPLIB_OBJS:%=__static_implib__%)
 
 all implib: $(IMPORTLIB) $(IMPLIB_OBJS:%=__static_implib__%)
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ lib$(BASEMODULE).a: $(SPEC_DEF) $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
 	$(AR) $@ $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
+$(SUBDIRS): implib
+
 # Rules for checking that no imports are missing
 
 .PHONY: checklink16 $(WIN16_FILES:%=__checklink16__%)