diff --git a/c/parsing/Makefile.am b/c/parsing/Makefile.am
index e323185a81..7a4e13e06c 100644
--- a/c/parsing/Makefile.am
+++ b/c/parsing/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST=		lempar.c mlr_dsl_lexer.l mlr_dsl_parse.y
 
 mlr_dsl_wrapper.c: mlr_dsl_lexer.h
 mlr_dsl_parse.h: mlr_dsl_parse.c
-mlr_dsl_parse.c: mlr_dsl_parse.y lempar.c lemon
+mlr_dsl_parse.c: mlr_dsl_parse.y lempar.c lemon${EXEEXT}
 	./lemon -s mlr_dsl_parse.y
 # lemon does not re-generate the file if it exists and is the same
 # this causes problems with the dependency above
diff --git a/c/parsing/Makefile.in b/c/parsing/Makefile.in
index 494a779249..384c25a6ab 100644
--- a/c/parsing/Makefile.in
+++ b/c/parsing/Makefile.in
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ uninstall-am:
 
 mlr_dsl_wrapper.c: mlr_dsl_lexer.h
 mlr_dsl_parse.h: mlr_dsl_parse.c
-mlr_dsl_parse.c: mlr_dsl_parse.y lempar.c lemon
+mlr_dsl_parse.c: mlr_dsl_parse.y lempar.c lemon${EXEEXT}
 	./lemon -s mlr_dsl_parse.y
 # lemon does not re-generate the file if it exists and is the same
 # this causes problems with the dependency above