diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 18cf80a5b..a1825f6d0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ linux (4.19.6-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * perf: do not ship python2-only call-graph-from-sql script.
   * Override Lintian warning dbg-package-missing-depends in source too.
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * debian/rules.real: Mark most targets as phony
+
  -- Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:20:46 +0100
 
 linux (4.19.5-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 584103d0c..b48fb515b 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -842,4 +842,6 @@ install-bootwrapper: build-bootwrapper
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb
 
+.PHONY: binary-% build-% install-% setup-% source-%
+
 # vim: filetype=make