diff --git a/cli/Makefile b/cli/Makefile
index bbe722f6f4816..7b8d3587f5386 100644
--- a/cli/Makefile
+++ b/cli/Makefile
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ $(build_bindir)/julia$(EXE): $(EXE_OBJS) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia.$(SHLIB_EXT)
 $(build_bindir)/julia-debug$(EXE): $(EXE_DOBJS) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia-debug.$(SHLIB_EXT) | $(build_bindir)
 	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(EXE_DOBJS) -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH) -ljulia-debug)
 
-$(BUILDDIR)/julia.expmap: $(SRCDIR)/julia.expmap.in
+$(BUILDDIR)/julia.expmap: $(SRCDIR)/julia.expmap.in $(JULIAHOME)/VERSION
 	sed <'$<' >'$@' -e 's/@JULIA_SHLIB_SYMBOL_VERSION@/JL_LIBJULIA_$(SOMAJOR)/'
 
 clean: | $(CLEAN_TARGETS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 6f78f4a8b6aa1..52e673aa6cc1a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/julia_version.h: $(JULIAHOME)/VERSION
 
 CXXLD = $(CXX) -shared
 
-$(BUILDDIR)/julia.expmap: $(SRCDIR)/julia.expmap.in
+$(BUILDDIR)/julia.expmap: $(SRCDIR)/julia.expmap.in $(JULIAHOME)/VERSION $(LLVM_CONFIG_ABSOLUTE)
 	sed <'$<' >'$@' -e "s/@JULIA_SHLIB_SYMBOL_VERSION@/JL_LIBJULIA_$(SOMAJOR)/" \
 		        -e "s/@LLVM_SHLIB_SYMBOL_VERSION@/$(LLVM_SHLIB_SYMBOL_VERSION)/"