diff --git a/package/busybox/initramfs.mk b/package/busybox/initramfs.mk
index efdc852f74..99caf95e52 100644
--- a/package/busybox/initramfs.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/initramfs.mk
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ $(PROJECT_BUILD_DIR)/.initramfs_done: $(BR2_INITRAMFS_DIR)/bin/busybox \
 					$(BB_INITRAMFS_TARGET)
 	touch $@
 
+busybox-initramfs-source:
 busybox-initramfs: uclibc $(PROJECT_BUILD_DIR)/.initramfs_done
 
 busybox-initramfs-menuconfig: host-sed $(BUILD_DIR) busybox-source $(BUSYBOX_INITRAMFS_DIR)/.configured
diff --git a/package/gnuconfig/gnuconfig.mk b/package/gnuconfig/gnuconfig.mk
index dec950c9cd..b6aa5fc7de 100644
--- a/package/gnuconfig/gnuconfig.mk
+++ b/package/gnuconfig/gnuconfig.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # See README.buildroot
-
+gnuconfig-source:
 CONFIG_UPDATE = cp -f package/gnuconfig/config.sub package/gnuconfig/config.guess