diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 6689e31f17..8ae82cb311 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ $(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 else
 stap:
 endif
+.PHONY: stap
 
 all: $(PROGS) stap
 
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index c69863fd39..ce9e7e6ffe 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ MAKEFLAGS += -rR
 
 # Files with this suffixes are final, don't try to generate them
 # using implicit rules
+%/trace-events:
+%.hx:
+%.py:
+%.objs:
 %.d:
 %.h:
 %.c: