diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 9a0d682aff94c3b7f27716e39c8d67048f921d38..fb7864d354da29bd7479ec4fa16970e59e0f363e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ feature_list:
 
 lib: $(LIBDIR_SRC) $(LIBDIR_SRC)/master.pike $(LIBDIR_SRC)/modules $(LIBDIR_SRC)/include
 	cp -r $(LIBDIR_SRC) .
-	touch ./lib
+	-touch ./lib
 
 # make export archive (requires compiled Pike)
 # Do not compile in source tree if you want to use this!