diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 548dea7139b85b..7be62c7825f5dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ ADDONS_BINDING_GYPS := \
 # Implicitly depends on $(NODE_EXE), see the build-addons rule for rationale.
 # Depends on node-gyp package.json so that build-addons is (re)executed when
 # node-gyp is updated as part of an npm update.
-test/addons/.buildstamp: deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/package.json \
+test/addons/.buildstamp: config.gypi \
+	deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/package.json \
 	$(ADDONS_BINDING_GYPS) test/addons/.docbuildstamp
 	# Cannot use $(wildcard test/addons/*/) here, it's evaluated before
 	# embedded addons have been generated from the documentation.