diff --git a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
index 6eac05df8d..24d66663bb 100644
--- a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
+++ b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ DL_TOOLS = \
 	$(findstring git,$(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES)) \
 	$(findstring bzr,$(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES))
 
-dependencies: $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)
+core-dependencies:
 	@HOSTCC="$(firstword $(HOSTCC))" MAKE="$(MAKE)" \
 		CONFIG_FILE="$(CONFIG_DIR)/.config" \
 		DL_TOOLS="$(DL_TOOLS)" \
 		$(TOPDIR)/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh
 
+dependencies: core-dependencies $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)
+
 dependencies-source:
 
 dependencies-clean:
@@ -35,5 +37,5 @@ dependencies-dirclean:
 # Toplevel Makefile options
 #
 #############################################################
-.PHONY: dependencies
+.PHONY: dependencies core-dependencies