diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 8e72f097a6..74110dda7e 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ oslib-obj-y = osdep.o
 oslib-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += oslib-win32.o qemu-thread-win32.o
 oslib-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += oslib-posix.o qemu-thread-posix.o
 
-universal-obj-y += $(oslib-obj-y)
-
 #######################################################################
 # coroutines
 coroutine-obj-y = qemu-coroutine.o qemu-coroutine-lock.o qemu-coroutine-io.o
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ common-obj-y = $(block-obj-y) blockdev.o
 common-obj-y += net.o net/
 common-obj-y += qom/
 common-obj-y += readline.o console.o cursor.o
+common-obj-y += $(oslib-obj-y)
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += os-win32.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
 
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 2912307e52..2907aad0c4 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_USER
 QEMU_CFLAGS+=-I$(SRC_PATH)/linux-user/$(TARGET_ABI_DIR) -I$(SRC_PATH)/linux-user
 
 obj-y += linux-user/
-obj-y += gdbstub.o thunk.o user-exec.o
+obj-y += gdbstub.o thunk.o user-exec.o $(oslib-obj-y)
 
 endif #CONFIG_LINUX_USER