diff --git a/xen/Rules.mk b/xen/Rules.mk
index 5e0699e58b..d21930a7bf 100644
--- a/xen/Rules.mk
+++ b/xen/Rules.mk
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ cmd_cpp_s_S = $(CPP) $(call cpp_flags,$(a_flags)) -MQ $@ -o $@ $<
 %.s: %.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,cpp_s_S)
 
+# Linker scripts, .lds.S -> .lds
+quiet_cmd_cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@
+cmd_cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) -P $(call cpp_flags,$(a_flags)) -D__LINKER__ -MQ $@ -o $@ $<
+
 # Add intermediate targets:
 # When building objects with specific suffix patterns, add intermediate
 # targets that the final targets are derived from.
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
index 07f634508e..a3a497bafe 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ obj-y += vsmc.o
 obj-y += vpsci.o
 obj-y += vuart.o
 
+extra-y += xen.lds
+
 #obj-bin-y += ....o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_DTB_FILE),"")
@@ -132,8 +134,8 @@ $(TARGET)-syms: prelink.o xen.lds
 .PHONY: include
 include:
 
-xen.lds: xen.lds.S
-	$(CPP) -P $(a_flags) -D__LINKER__ -MQ $@ -o $@ $<
+xen.lds: xen.lds.S FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,cpp_lds_S)
 
 dtb.o: $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_DTB_FILE))
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
index 69b6cfaded..669e16e726 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ obj-y += sysctl.o
 endif
 
 extra-y += asm-macros.i
+extra-y += xen.lds
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_HVM),y)
 x86_emulate.o: CFLAGS-y += -Wno-unused-label
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ endif
 note_file_option ?= $(note_file)
 
 ifeq ($(XEN_BUILD_PE),y)
+extra-y += efi.lds
 $(TARGET).efi: prelink.o $(note_file) efi.lds efi/relocs-dummy.o efi/mkreloc
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),y)
 	$(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),echo,:) "Will strip debug info from $(@F)"
@@ -290,8 +292,8 @@ $(BASEDIR)/include/asm-x86/asm-macros.h: asm-macros.i Makefile
 	$(call move-if-changed,$@.new,$@)
 
 efi.lds: AFLAGS-y += -DEFI
-xen.lds efi.lds: xen.lds.S
-	$(CPP) -P $(call cpp_flags,$(a_flags)) -MQ $@ -o $@ $<
+xen.lds efi.lds: xen.lds.S FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,cpp_lds_S)
 
 boot/mkelf32: boot/mkelf32.c
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -o $@ $<