diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ccb4242615bb..475ec0aabe66 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 gb_Top_MODULE_CHECK_TARGETS := slowcheck unitcheck subsequentcheck perfcheck uicheck screenshot
 
-.PHONY : all check-if-root bootstrap gbuild build build-non-l10n-only build-l10n-only check clean clean-build clean-host test-install distclean distro-pack-install distro-pack-install-strip docs download etags fetch get-submodules id install install-strip tags debugrun help showmodules translations packageinfo internal.clean $(gb_Top_MODULE_CHECK_TARGETS)
+.PHONY : all check-if-root bootstrap gbuild build build-non-l10n-only build-l10n-only check clean clean-build clean-host test-install distclean distro-pack-install distro-pack-install-strip docs download etags fetch get-submodules id install install-gdb-printers install-strip tags debugrun help showmodules translations packageinfo internal.clean $(gb_Top_MODULE_CHECK_TARGETS)
 
 MAKECMDGOALS?=all
 build_goal:=$(if $(filter build check,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),all)\
@@ -261,11 +261,8 @@ bootstrap: check-if-root compilerplugins
 # Note: this will pipe through all gbuild targets to ... gbuild
 #       with some translations like "build"->"all" for historic reasons
 #
-build: bootstrap fetch $(if $(CROSS_COMPILING),cross-toolset)
-ifneq ($(filter-out WNT MACOSX IOS,$(OS)),)
-	mkdir -p $(INSTDIR)
-	$(SRCDIR)/solenv/bin/install-gdb-printers -a $(INSTDIR) -c
-endif
+build: bootstrap fetch $(if $(CROSS_COMPILING),cross-toolset) \
+        install-gdb-printers
 	$(MAKE) $(PARALLELISM_OPTION) $(IWYU_OPTION) $(GMAKE_OPTIONS) -f $(SRCDIR)/Makefile.gbuild $(build_goal)
 ifeq ($(OS),IOS)
 	$(MAKE) $(PARALLELISM_OPTION) $(GMAKE_OPTIONS) ios
@@ -283,6 +280,12 @@ ifneq ($(OS),IOS)
 endif
 	$(MAKE) gb_Side=build $(PARALLELISM_OPTION) $(GMAKE_OPTIONS) -f $(SRCDIR)/Makefile.gbuild build-tools
 
+install-gdb-printers:
+ifneq ($(filter-out WNT MACOSX IOS,$(OS)),)
+	mkdir -p $(INSTDIR)
+	$(SRCDIR)/solenv/bin/install-gdb-printers -a $(INSTDIR) -c
+endif
+
 
 #
 # Install