diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index b0b119ebd9e9..c95b950389ba 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ boot		:= arch/arc/boot
 
 boot_targets := uImage uImage.bin uImage.gz uImage.lzma
 
+PHONY += $(boot_targets)
 $(boot_targets): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@