diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 807161fb22..65c0afd0e5 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ ext/extinit.c: $(srcdir)/template/extinit.c.tmpl
 	    $(srcdir)/template/extinit.c.tmpl $(EXTINITS)
 
 prog: program wprogram
-programs: $(PROGRAM) $(WPROGRAM)
+programs: $(PROGRAM) $(WPROGRAM) $(arch)-fake.rb
 
 $(PREP): $(MKFILES)
 
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ $(RBCONFIG): $(tooldir)/mkconfig.rb config.status $(srcdir)/version.h
 test-rubyspec: test-spec
 yes-test-rubyspec: yes-test-spec
 
-test-spec-precheck: $(arch)-fake.rb programs
+test-spec-precheck: programs
 
 test-spec: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-test-spec
 yes-test-spec: test-spec-precheck
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ update-bundled_gems: PHONY
 	     "$(srcdir)/gems/bundled_gems" | \
 	"$(IFCHANGE)" "$(srcdir)/gems/bundled_gems" -
 
-test-bundled-gems-precheck: $(arch)-fake.rb programs
+test-bundled-gems-precheck: programs
 
 test-bundled-gems-fetch: $(PREP)
 	$(Q) $(BASERUBY) -C $(srcdir)/gems ../tool/fetch-bundled_gems.rb src bundled_gems
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ no-test-bundled-gems:
 test-bundled-gems-run: $(PREPARE_BUNDLED_GEMS)
 	$(Q) $(XRUBY) $(tooldir)/test-bundled-gems.rb
 
-test-bundler-precheck: $(arch)-fake.rb programs
+test-bundler-precheck: programs
 
 yes-test-bundler-prepare: test-bundler-precheck
 	$(XRUBY) -C "$(srcdir)" bin/gem install --no-document \
diff --git a/template/Makefile.in b/template/Makefile.in
index 33ea093838..c674de968e 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.in
+++ b/template/Makefile.in
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ mjit_config.h:
 	echo '#endif /* RUBY_MJIT_CONFIG_H */'; \
 	} > $@
 
-yes-test-almost yes-test-all: mjit_build_dir.$(SOEXT)
+yes-test-almost yes-test-all programs: mjit_build_dir.$(SOEXT)
 mjit_build_dir.$(SOEXT): $(MJIT_MIN_HEADER) $(srcdir)/ruby-runner.c ruby-runner.h
 	$(ECHO) making $@
 	$(Q) $(DLDSHARED) $(MJIT_DLDFLAGS) $(ARCH_FLAG) $(CFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) \