diff --git a/contrib/ldaptcl/Makefile.in b/contrib/ldaptcl/Makefile.in
index d9c9d5ffed..a66c7453d8 100644
--- a/contrib/ldaptcl/Makefile.in
+++ b/contrib/ldaptcl/Makefile.in
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ all:	@NEO_LIB_FILE@ ldaptclsh @LDAPWISH@
 	$(RANLIB) @NEO_LIB_FILE@
 
 neoXldap.o: neoXldap.c ldaptclerr.h
-	$(CC) -c $(LDAP_CFLAGS) $(CC_SWITCHES) $<
+	$(CC) -c $(LDAP_CFLAGS) $(CC_SWITCHES) neoXldap.c
 
 ldaptclerr.h: ldaperr.tcl
 	tcl ldaperr.tcl $(LDAP_INCDIR)/ldap.h > ldaptclerr.h
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-mdb/Makefile.in b/servers/slapd/back-mdb/Makefile.in
index 4dbacb4aaa..9b01d2a5ed 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-mdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-mdb/Makefile.in
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ all-local-lib:	../.backend
 	@touch $@
 
 mdb.lo:	$(MDB_SUBDIR)/mdb.c
-	$(LTCOMPILE_MOD) $<
+	$(LTCOMPILE_MOD) $(MDB_SUBDIR)/mdb.c
 
 midl.lo:	$(MDB_SUBDIR)/midl.c
-	$(LTCOMPILE_MOD) $<
+	$(LTCOMPILE_MOD) $(MDB_SUBDIR)/midl.c
 
 veryclean-local-lib: FORCE
 	$(RM) $(XXHEADERS) $(XXSRCS) .links