diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f352c5e24..fa7bd24aae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -774,7 +774,8 @@ menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(di
 	@echo "Generating input for menuselect ..."
 	@build_tools/prep_moduledeps > $@
 
+pdf: asterisk.pdf
 asterisk.pdf:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc/tex asterisk.pdf
 
-.PHONY: menuselect main sounds clean dist-clean distclean all prereqs cleantest uninstall _uninstall uninstall-all dont-optimize $(SUBDIRS_INSTALL) $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_UNINSTALL) $(SUBDIRS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDSCRIPT) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LIBS) menuselect.makeopts
+.PHONY: menuselect main sounds clean dist-clean distclean all prereqs cleantest uninstall _uninstall uninstall-all pdf dont-optimize $(SUBDIRS_INSTALL) $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_UNINSTALL) $(SUBDIRS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDSCRIPT) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LIBS) menuselect.makeopts