diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index bf0f52b514e..78103f897f9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -358,10 +358,17 @@ endif
 
 gsettings_SCHEMAS = etc/org.gnu.emacs.defaults.gschema.xml
 
-all: ${SUBDIR} info $(gsettings_SCHEMAS:.xml=.valid)
+all: ${SUBDIR} info $(gsettings_SCHEMAS:.xml=.valid) src-depending-on-lisp
 
 .PHONY: all ${SUBDIR} blessmail epaths-force epaths-force-w32 epaths-force-ns-self-contained etc-emacsver
 
+# Changes in lisp may require us to reconsider the build in src.  For
+# example, if loaddefs.{el,elc} were built in lisp, we need a new
+# .pdmp containing the new autoloads.
+.PHONY: src-depending-on-lisp
+src-depending-on-lisp: lisp
+	${MAKE} -C src
+
 # If configure were to just generate emacsver.tex from emacsver.tex.in
 # in the normal way, the timestamp of emacsver.tex would always be
 # newer than that of the pdf files, which are prebuilt in release tarfiles.