diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9fb55dcf33..54547a37b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Makefile.mtest: build.ninja scripts/mtest2make.py
 
 .PHONY: update-buildoptions
 all update-buildoptions: $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
-$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh: $(SRC_PATH)/meson_options.txt
+$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh: $(SRC_PATH)/meson_options.txt $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/meson-buildoptions.py
 	$(MESON) introspect --buildoptions $(SRC_PATH)/meson.build | $(PYTHON) \
 	  scripts/meson-buildoptions.py > $@.tmp && mv $@.tmp $@
 endif