diff --git a/dts/Makefile b/dts/Makefile
index c4ac153..3a93daf 100644
--- a/dts/Makefile
+++ b/dts/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@
 DEVICE_TREE := unset
 endif
 
+ARCH_PATH := arch/$(ARCH)/dts
+dtb_depends := arch-dtbs
+
 ifneq ($(EXT_DTB),)
 DTB := $(EXT_DTB)
 else
-DTB := arch/$(ARCH)/dts/$(DEVICE_TREE).dtb
+DTB := $(ARCH_PATH)/$(DEVICE_TREE).dtb
+dtb_depends += $(DTB:.dtb=.dts)
 endif
 
 $(obj)/dt.dtb: $(DTB) FORCE
@@ -23,7 +27,10 @@
 
 targets += dt.dtb
 
-$(DTB): arch-dtbs
+$(DTB): $(dtb_depends)
+ifeq ($(EXT_DTB),)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(ARCH_PATH) $@
+endif
 	$(Q)test -e $@ || (						\
 	echo >&2;							\
 	echo >&2 "Device Tree Source is not correctly specified.";	\
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@
 	/bin/false)
 
 arch-dtbs:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/$(ARCH)/dts dtbs
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(ARCH_PATH) dtbs
 
 .SECONDARY: $(obj)/dt.dtb.S