diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b663de04d4e874c78a6d5a5d88a13124444d998f..c51d19253eb9b7898c37b669dceb741e127650f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ openssh/ssh_host_rsa_key:
 
 nginx-setup: nginx/conf/nginx.conf nginx/logs nginx/tmp
 
-nginx/conf/nginx.conf:
+nginx/conf/nginx.conf: nginx/conf/nginx.conf.example
 	sed -e "s|/home/git|${gitlab_development_root}|" nginx/conf/nginx.conf.example > $@
 
 nginx/logs: