--- sawfish/src/Makefile.in
+++ sawfish/src/Makefile.in
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	$(SHELL) $< $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(repexecdir)/sawfish \
 	  $(foreach x,$(DL_DIRS),$(DESTDIR)$(sawfishexecdir)/$(x))
 
-.libexec :
+.libexec : $(DL_OBJS)
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/fake-libexec
 
 clean :