diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -209,4 +209,6 @@
 
 build-all: build-linux64 build-linux32 build-linux-arm build-linux-aarch64 build-osx build-win32 build-win64
 
+$(foreach package,$(all_packages),$(eval $(call ext_add_stages,$(package))))
+
 .PHONY: install cached clean clean-all download-one download-osx download-linux download-win download check-packages check-sources
diff --git a/depends/funcs.mk b/depends/funcs.mk
--- a/depends/funcs.mk
+++ b/depends/funcs.mk
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@
 	$(AT)mkdir -p $$(@D)
 	$(AT)cd $$(@D); $(call $(1)_extract_cmds,$(1))
 	$(AT)touch $$@
-$($(1)_preprocessed): | $($(1)_dependencies) $($(1)_extracted)
+$($(1)_preprocessed): | $($(1)_extracted)
 	$(AT)echo Preprocessing $(1)...
 	$(AT)mkdir -p $$(@D) $($(1)_patch_dir)
 	$(AT)$(foreach patch,$($(1)_patches),cd $(PATCHES_PATH)/$(1); cp $(patch) $($(1)_patch_dir) ;)
 	$(AT)cd $$(@D); $(call $(1)_preprocess_cmds, $(1))
 	$(AT)touch $$@
-$($(1)_configured): | $($(1)_preprocessed)
+$($(1)_configured): | $($(1)_dependencies) $($(1)_preprocessed)
 	$(AT)echo Configuring $(1)...
 	$(AT)rm -rf $(host_prefix); mkdir -p $(host_prefix)/lib; cd $(host_prefix); $(foreach package,$($(1)_all_dependencies), tar xf $($(package)_cached); )
 	$(AT)mkdir -p $$(@D)
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@
 
 endef
 
+stages = fetched extracted preprocessed configured built staged postprocessed cached cached_checksum
+
+define ext_add_stages
+$(foreach stage,$(stages),
+          $(1)_$(stage): $($(1)_$(stage))
+          .PHONY: $(1)_$(stage))
+endef
+
 # These functions create the build targets for each package. They must be
 # broken down into small steps so that each part is done for all packages
 # before moving on to the next step. Otherwise, a package's info