diff --git a/libcharset/ChangeLog b/libcharset/ChangeLog
index 8bd0be7..7835673 100644
--- a/libcharset/ChangeLog
+++ b/libcharset/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-05-21  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in (include/libcharset.h): New target.
+	(all): Depend on it.
+
 2001-05-11  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
 
 	* INTEGRATE (Makefile.in): Fix syntax error.
diff --git a/libcharset/Makefile.in b/libcharset/Makefile.in
index b923af3..e872c00 100644
--- a/libcharset/Makefile.in
+++ b/libcharset/Makefile.in
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 
-all : force
+all : include/libcharset.h force
+	cd lib && $(MAKE) all
+
+include/libcharset.h :
 	if [ ! -d include ] ; then mkdir include ; fi
 	$(CP) $(srcdir)/include/libcharset.h.in include/libcharset.h
-	cd lib && $(MAKE) all
 
 # Installs the library and include files only. Typically called with only
 # $(libdir) and $(includedir) - don't use $(prefix) and $(exec_prefix) here.