diff --git a/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk b/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
index ed35d5f92..3b1d7eb44 100644
--- a/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
+++ b/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ endif
 else # not uclibc
 	$(SED) 's,.*__UCLIBC_.*,,g' $(VSFTPD_DIR)/builddefs.h
 endif
+	touch $@
 
 
 $(VSFTPD_DIR)/$(VSFTPD_BINARY): $(VSFTPD_DIR)/.configured
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LIBS="$(VSFTPD_LIBS)" -C $(VSFTPD_DIR)
+	touch -c $@
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/$(VSFTPD_TARGET_BINARY): $(VSFTPD_DIR)/$(VSFTPD_BINARY)
 	cp -dpf $< $@