diff --git a/libraries/libapparmor/swig/perl/Makefile.am b/libraries/libapparmor/swig/perl/Makefile.am
index 2ae5ecc8a..df42f5d0b 100644
--- a/libraries/libapparmor/swig/perl/Makefile.am
+++ b/libraries/libapparmor/swig/perl/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ libapparmor_wrap.c: $(srcdir)/../SWIG/libapparmor.i
 
 MOSTLYCLEANFILES=libapparmor_wrap.c LibAppArmor.pm
 
-Makefile.perl: Makefile.PL
+LibAppArmor.pm: libapparmor_wrap.c
+
+Makefile.perl: Makefile.PL LibAppArmor.pm
 	$(PERL) $< PREFIX=$(prefix) MAKEFILE=$@
 	sed -ie 's/^LD_RUN_PATH.*//g' Makefile.perl