diff --git a/build.mk b/build.mk
index 562af0d..3f4251e 100644
--- a/build.mk
+++ b/build.mk
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@
 $(OBJ)/%.o: %.c dep/%.d $(OBJ) Makefile
 	$(CC) -o $@ -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $<
 
-# Share librarry recipe
-$(LIB)/%.so.$(SO_VERSION) : | $(LIB) Makefile
+# Share library recipe
+$(LIB)/%.so.$(SO_VERSION) :
+	@if [ ! -e $(LIB) ] ; then make $(LIB); fi
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $^ -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,$(subst $(LIB)/,,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 # Unversioned shared libs (for linking against)
 $(LIB)/lib%.so:
-	@if [ ! -e $(LIB) ] ; then mkdir $(LIB); fi
 	@rm -f $@
 	ln -sr $< $@
 
 # Static library: *.a
 $(LIB)/%.a:
-	@if [ ! -e $(LIB) ] ; then mkdir $(LIB); fi
+	@if [ ! -e $(LIB) ] ; then make $(LIB); fi
 	ar -rc $@ $^
 	ranlib $@