diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 45474daa43..4e46257947 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
 
-include config/rpm.am
-include config/deb.am
-include config/tgz.am
-
 SUBDIRS = include
 if BUILD_LINUX
 SUBDIRS += rpm
@@ -54,6 +50,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += module/zfs/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.cityhash.descrip
 @CODE_COVERAGE_RULES@
 
 GITREV = include/zfs_gitrev.h
+CLEANFILES = $(GITREV)
 
 PHONY = gitrev
 gitrev:
@@ -68,10 +65,7 @@ gitrev:
 		mv -f $(GITREV)~ $(GITREV); \
 	fi
 
-$(GITREV): gitrev
-
-BUILT_SOURCES = $(GITREV)
-CLEANFILES = $(GITREV)
+all: gitrev
 
 # Double-colon rules are allowed; there are multiple independent definitions.
 distclean-local::
@@ -252,4 +246,8 @@ pkg-dkms: @DEFAULT_PACKAGE@-dkms
 pkg-kmod: @DEFAULT_PACKAGE@-kmod
 pkg-utils: @DEFAULT_PACKAGE@-utils
 
+include config/rpm.am
+include config/deb.am
+include config/tgz.am
+
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/config/deb.am b/config/deb.am
index 83059a9234..88679545a5 100644
--- a/config/deb.am
+++ b/config/deb.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+PHONY += deb-kmod deb-dkms deb-utils deb deb-local
+
 deb-local:
 	@(if test "${HAVE_DPKGBUILD}" = "no"; then \
 		echo -e "\n" \
diff --git a/config/rpm.am b/config/rpm.am
index 51a20b3e6a..9dd69ade33 100644
--- a/config/rpm.am
+++ b/config/rpm.am
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 # Build targets for RPM packages.
 ###############################################################################
 
+PHONY += srpm srpms srpm-kmod srpm-dkms srpm-utils
+PHONY += rpm rpms rpm-kmod rpm-dkms rpm-utils
+PHONY += srpm-common rpm-common rpm-local
+
+srpm-kmod srpm-dkms srpm-utils: dist
+
 srpm-kmod:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) pkg="${PACKAGE}-kmod" \
 		def='${SRPM_DEFINE_COMMON} ${SRPM_DEFINE_KMOD}' srpm-common
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ rpm-local:
 	cp $(top_srcdir)/scripts/kmodtool $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES && \
 	cp $(distdir).tar.gz $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES)
 
-srpm-common: dist
+srpm-common:
 	@(dist=`$(RPM) --eval %{?dist}`; \
 	rpmpkg=$(pkg)-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE)$$dist*src.rpm; \
 	rpmspec=$(pkg).spec; \
diff --git a/config/tgz.am b/config/tgz.am
index 0657d045d1..4a84914017 100644
--- a/config/tgz.am
+++ b/config/tgz.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+PHONY += tgz tgz-kmod tgz-utils tgz-local
+
 tgz-local:
 	@(if test "${HAVE_ALIEN}" = "no"; then \
 		echo -e "\n" \