diff --git a/sys/arch/hp700/stand/xxboot/Makefile b/sys/arch/hp700/stand/xxboot/Makefile
index 5fef45bcc76c..7dccd2bfe5d4 100644
--- a/sys/arch/hp700/stand/xxboot/Makefile
+++ b/sys/arch/hp700/stand/xxboot/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2004/11/07 21:58:45 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2004/11/29 15:19:26 jmc Exp $
 
 PROG=	xxboot
 SRCS=	start.S main.c readufs.c readufs_ffs.c readufs_lfs.c milli_tiny.S
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LIBCRT0=
 LIBCRTEND=
 LIBC=
 
-${PROG}: iplsum
+${PROG}: iplsum ${OBJS}
 	${LD} -Ttext 0 -Tdata 0 -e '$$START$$' -N -o $@1 $(OBJS)
 	${LD} -Ttext 0x100 -Tdata 0x23456780 -e '$$START$$' -N -o $@2 $(OBJS)
 	${SIZE} $@1
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${SRCS:M*.c:S/.c$/.o.S/}
 # are relative to $global$.
 .c.o:
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -o $@.S -S ${.IMPSRC}
-	@grep -i 'ldil' $@.S | egrep -v "ldil L'-?[0-9]*," || exit 0; \
-		echo 'found non-relocatable code' >&2; exit 1
+	grep -i 'ldil' $@.S | egrep -v "ldil L'-?[0-9]*," > /dev/null 2>&1; \
+		if [ $$? = 0 ]; then \
+			echo 'found non-relocatable code' >&2 && exit 1; \
+		fi
 	sed -e 's/\.text/.data/' $@.S | ${AS} -o ${.TARGET}