diff --git a/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/Makefile b/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/Makefile
index 83b8d6e0ea..c56e9fc635 100644
--- a/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/Makefile
+++ b/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/Makefile
@@ -19,32 +19,32 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_KERNEL_BZIMAGE),y)
 
-build/Image: $(kernel_dir)/arch/x86/boot/bzImage | build
+build/Image: $(kernel_dir)/arch/x86/boot/bzImage | build/
 	cp $< $@
 
 else ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_KERNEL_UIMAGE),y)
 
-build/target.dtb: $(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_DTS_FILE) | build
+build/target.dtb: $(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_DTS_FILE) | build/
 	$(DTC) -o $@ $<
 
-build/Image: build/vmlinux.bin.lzma build/initramfs build/target.dtb $(LINUX_ARCH-y)/kernel_fdt_lzma.its | build
+build/Image: build/vmlinux.bin.lzma build/initramfs build/target.dtb $(LINUX_ARCH-y)/kernel_fdt_lzma.its | build/
 	mkimage -f $(LINUX_ARCH-y)/kernel_fdt_lzma.its $@
 
 else ifneq ($(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_COMPILE_KERNEL),y)
 
-build/Image: $(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_KERNEL_PATH) | build
+build/Image: $(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_KERNEL_PATH) | build/
 	cp $< $@
 
 endif
 
-build/initramfs: build/initramfs_u-root.cpio | build
+build/initramfs: build/initramfs_u-root.cpio | build/
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUXBOOT_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ),y)
 	xz --stdout --keep --force --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB $< > $@
 else
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 
-build:
+build/:
 	mkdir build
 
 clean:
diff --git a/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/targets/linux.mk b/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/targets/linux.mk
index 5cd3c540e0..17ed9dd198 100644
--- a/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/targets/linux.mk
+++ b/payloads/external/LinuxBoot/targets/linux.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ else ifeq ($(findstring x6.,x$(kernel_version)),x6.)
 kernel_mirror_path := $(kernel_mirror)/v6.x
 endif
 
-build/$(kernel_tarball).xz: | build
+build/$(kernel_tarball).xz: | build/
 	echo "    Test $(kernel_version)"
 	echo "    WWW        $(kernel_mirror_path)/$(kernel_tarball).xz";
 	curl -OLSs --output-dir build "$(kernel_mirror_path)/$(kernel_tarball).xz";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ $(kernel_dir)/vmlinux : $(kernel_dir)/.config | $(kernel_dir)
 	echo "$(MAKE) -j $(CPUS) -C $(kernel_dir) $(KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS) vmlinux"
 	$(MAKE) -j $(CPUS) -C $(kernel_dir) $(KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS) vmlinux
 
-build/vmlinux.bin: $(kernel_dir)/vmlinux | build
+build/vmlinux.bin: $(kernel_dir)/vmlinux | build/
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@
 
 build/vmlinux.bin.lzma: build/vmlinux.bin