diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make b/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
index eced2ae42d..58b3b69831 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/rocklib_aux.c: $(APPSDIR)/plugin.h $(LUA_OBJ) $(LUA_SRCDIR)/rock
 $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/rocklib_aux.o: $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/rocklib_aux.c
 	$(call PRINTS,CC $(<F))$(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(PLUGINFLAGS) -I $(LUA_SRCDIR) -c $< -o $@
 
-$(LUA_BUILDDIR)/%.lua: $(LUA_INCLUDEDIR)/%.lua
-	$(call PRINTS,CP $(subst $(LUA_INCLUDEDIR)/,,$<))mkdir -p $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/ && cp $< $@
+$(LUA_BUILDDIR)/%.lua: $(LUA_INCLUDEDIR)/%.lua | $(LUA_BUILDDIR)
+	$(call PRINTS,CP $(subst $(LUA_INCLUDEDIR)/,,$<))cp $< $@
 
 $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/lua.refmap: $(LUA_OBJ) $(TLSFLIB)
 
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/lua.ovl: $(LUA_OBJ) $(TLSFLIB) $(LUA_OUTLDS)
 		-lgcc $(LUA_OVLFLAGS)
 	$(call PRINTS,LD $(@F))$(call objcopy,$(basename $@).elf,$@)
 
+$(LUA_BUILDDIR):
+	$(call PRINTS,MKDIR $@)mkdir -p $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/
+