diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index e13d14ec5fe74c..bb57a7c30f1aa2 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ $(obj)/core.o: private skip_clippy = 1
 $(obj)/core.o: private skip_flags = -Wunreachable_pub
 $(obj)/core.o: private rustc_objcopy = $(foreach sym,$(redirect-intrinsics),--redefine-sym $(sym)=__rust$(sym))
 $(obj)/core.o: private rustc_target_flags = $(core-cfgs)
-$(obj)/core.o: $(RUST_LIB_SRC)/core/src/lib.rs FORCE
+$(obj)/core.o: $(RUST_LIB_SRC)/core/src/lib.rs \
+    $(wildcard $(objtree)/include/config/RUSTC_VERSION_TEXT) FORCE
 	+$(call if_changed_rule,rustc_library)
 ifneq ($(or $(CONFIG_X86_64),$(CONFIG_X86_32)),)
 $(obj)/core.o: scripts/target.json