diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/ltp/ltp_20140115.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/ltp/ltp_20140115.bb
index 361eccb0b1..2a3999b8cb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/ltp/ltp_20140115.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/ltp/ltp_20140115.bb
@@ -39,10 +39,18 @@ export exec_prefix = "/opt/ltp"
 
 # ltp doesn't regenerate ffsb-6.0-rc2 configure and hardcode configure call.
 # we explicitly force regeneration of that directory and pass configure options.
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure_append() {
     (cd utils/ffsb-6.0-rc2; autoreconf -fvi; ./configure ${CONFIGUREOPTS})
 }
 
+# The makefiles make excessive use of make -C and several include testcases.mk
+# which triggers a build of the syscall header. To reproduce, build ltp,
+# then delete the header, then "make -j XX" and watch regen.sh run multiple 
+# times. Its easier to generate this once here instead.
+do_compile_prepend () {
+	( make -C ${B}/testcases/kernel include/linux_syscall_numbers.h )
+}
+
 do_install(){
     install -d ${D}/opt/ltp/
     oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} SKIP_IDCHECK=1 install