diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57e1865d59..c79ccf99c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ menuselect/menuselect: menuselect/makeopts
 menuselect/gmenuselect: menuselect/makeopts
 	$(MAKE_MENUSELECT) gmenuselect
 
-menuselect/makeopts:
+menuselect/makeopts: makeopts
 	$(MAKE_MENUSELECT) makeopts
 
 menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml build_tools/cflags-devmode.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml configure