diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Makefile b/lib/VMCore/Makefile
index 6bae97f3094..d88232de85b 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Makefile
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 LEVEL = ../..
 LIBRARYNAME = LLVMCore
 
+BUILT_SOURCES = $(LEVEL)/include/llvm/intrinsics.gen
+
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
 ifeq ($(ARCH),Alpha)
 BUILD_ARCHIVE = 1
@@ -16,3 +18,7 @@ endif
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.common
 
+$(LEVEL)/include/llvm/intrinsics.gen: $(LEVEL)/include/llvm/intrinsics.td
+	@echo Building intrinsics.gen from intrinsics.td
+	$(Verb) $(TableGen) $< -o $@ -gen-intrinsic
+