diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f2edc40d58..f66541d3ea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -831,6 +831,9 @@ CLEAN_ARTIFACTS := $(TARGET_BIN)
 CLEAN_ARTIFACTS += $(TARGET_HEX)
 CLEAN_ARTIFACTS += $(TARGET_ELF) $(TARGET_OBJS) $(TARGET_MAP)
 
+# Make sure build date and revision is updated on every incremental build
+$(OBJECT_DIR)/$(TARGET)/build/version.o : $(TARGET_SRC)
+
 # List of buildable ELF files and their object dependencies.
 # It would be nice to compute these lists, but that seems to be just beyond make.