diff --git a/mk/llvm.mk b/mk/llvm.mk
index 6d8601f3dad..22985652210 100644
--- a/mk/llvm.mk
+++ b/mk/llvm.mk
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CFG_LLVM_ROOT),)
 
 LLVM_STAMP_$(1) = $$(CFG_LLVM_BUILD_DIR_$(1))/llvm-auto-clean-stamp
+LLVM_DONE_$(1) = $$(CFG_LLVM_BUILD_DIR_$(1))/llvm-finished-building
 
-$$(LLVM_CONFIG_$(1)): $$(LLVM_DEPS_TARGET_$(1)) $$(LLVM_STAMP_$(1))
+$$(LLVM_CONFIG_$(1)): $$(LLVM_DONE_$(1))
+
+$$(LLVM_DONE_$(1)): $$(LLVM_DEPS_TARGET_$(1)) $$(LLVM_STAMP_$(1))
 	@$$(call E, cmake: llvm)
 ifeq ($$(findstring msvc,$(1)),msvc)
 	$$(Q)$$(CFG_CMAKE) --build $$(CFG_LLVM_BUILD_DIR_$(1)) \
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ ifeq ($$(findstring msvc,$(1)),msvc)
 else
 	$$(Q)$$(MAKE) -C $$(CFG_LLVM_BUILD_DIR_$(1))
 endif
-	$$(Q)touch $$(LLVM_CONFIG_$(1))
+	$$(Q)touch $$@
 
 ifeq ($$(findstring msvc,$(1)),msvc)
 clean-llvm$(1):
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/build/native.rs b/src/bootstrap/build/native.rs
index 1e677aa48b0..557c9a4be54 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/build/native.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/build/native.rs
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
-use std::fs;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
 
 use build_helper::output;
 use cmake;
 use gcc;
 
 use build::Build;
-use build::util::{exe, staticlib, up_to_date};
+use build::util::{staticlib, up_to_date};
 
 /// Compile LLVM for `target`.
 pub fn llvm(build: &Build, target: &str) {
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ pub fn llvm(build: &Build, target: &str) {
     // artifacts are missing) then we keep going, otherwise we bail out.
     let dst = build.llvm_out(target);
     let stamp = build.src.join("src/rustllvm/llvm-auto-clean-trigger");
-    let llvm_config = dst.join("bin").join(exe("llvm-config", target));
+    let done_stamp = dst.join("llvm-finished-building");
     build.clear_if_dirty(&dst, &stamp);
-    if fs::metadata(llvm_config).is_ok() {
+    if fs::metadata(&done_stamp).is_ok() {
         return
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ pub fn llvm(build: &Build, target: &str) {
     //        tools. Figure out how to filter them down and only build the right
     //        tools and libs on all platforms.
     cfg.build();
+
+    t!(File::create(&done_stamp));
 }
 
 fn check_llvm_version(build: &Build, llvm_config: &Path) {