diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index be5556850..cbb0b279a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ script:
 # check if Makefile needs to be regenerated
   - git clean -dfx
   - make dmake
-  - ./dmake
 #   now, if dmake modified the makefile, return false!
   - git diff --exit-code
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a7cf3738..cf13c21db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ endif
 
 
 EXTOBJ += $(TINYXML)
+.PHONY: dmake
+
 
 ###### Targets
 
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ check:	all
 
 dmake:	tools/dmake.cpp
 	$(CXX) -std=c++0x -o dmake tools/dmake.cpp cli/filelister.cpp lib/path.cpp -Ilib $(LDFLAGS)
+	./dmake
 
 reduce:	tools/reduce.cpp
 	$(CXX) -std=c++0x -g -o reduce tools/reduce.cpp -Ilib -Iexternals/tinyxml lib/*.cpp externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index 35e96c809..d66d1bacf 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     makeExtObj(fout, externalfiles);
 
+    fout << ".PHONY: dmake\n\n";
     fout << "\n###### Targets\n\n";
     fout << "cppcheck: $(LIBOBJ) $(CLIOBJ) $(EXTOBJ)\n";
     fout << "\t$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -std=c++0x -o cppcheck $(CLIOBJ) $(LIBOBJ) $(EXTOBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC)\n\n";
@@ -376,7 +377,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     fout << "check:\tall\n";
     fout << "\t./testrunner -g -q\n\n";
     fout << "dmake:\ttools/dmake.cpp\n";
-    fout << "\t$(CXX) -std=c++0x -o dmake tools/dmake.cpp cli/filelister.cpp lib/path.cpp -Ilib $(LDFLAGS)\n\n";
+    fout << "\t$(CXX) -std=c++0x -o dmake tools/dmake.cpp cli/filelister.cpp lib/path.cpp -Ilib $(LDFLAGS)\n";
+    fout << "\t./dmake\n\n";
     fout << "reduce:\ttools/reduce.cpp\n";
     fout << "\t$(CXX) -std=c++0x -g -o reduce tools/reduce.cpp -Ilib -Iexternals/tinyxml lib/*.cpp externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp\n\n";
     fout << "clean:\n";