diff --git a/examples/lua_REPL/Makefile b/examples/lua_REPL/Makefile
index cbdccb97895e2079f749749e977a1d11d429c3e1..1c803638906b23a81da5bb18284464b8761a200c 100644
--- a/examples/lua_REPL/Makefile
+++ b/examples/lua_REPL/Makefile
@@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ CFLAGS += -DTHREAD_STACKSIZE_MAIN='(THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT+7000)'
 
 USEPKG += lua
 
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
-
-# The code below generates a header file from any .lua scripts in the
-# example directory. The header file contains a byte array of the
-# ASCII characters in the .lua script.
-
-LUA_PATH := $(BINDIR)/lua
+LUA_PATH = $(BINDIR)/lua
 
 # add directory of generated *.lua.h files to include path
 CFLAGS += -I$(LUA_PATH)
@@ -65,16 +59,20 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(LUA_PATH)
 # generate .lua.h header files of .lua files
 LUA = $(wildcard *.lua)
 
-LUA_H := $(LUA:%.lua=$(LUA_PATH)/%.lua.h)
+LUA_H = $(LUA:%.lua=$(LUA_PATH)/%.lua.h)
+
+BUILDDEPS += $(LUA_H) $(LUA_PATH)/
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
+
+# The code below generates a header file from any .lua scripts in the
+# example directory. The header file contains a byte array of the
+# ASCII characters in the .lua script.
 
 $(LUA_PATH)/:
-	@mkdir -p $@
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
 
 # FIXME: This way of embedding lua code is not robust. A proper script will
 #        be included later.
-
-$(LUA_H): | $(LUA_PATH)/
-$(LUA_H): $(LUA_PATH)/%.lua.h: %.lua
-	xxd -i $< | sed 's/^unsigned/const unsigned/g' > $@
-
-$(RIOTBUILD_CONFIG_HEADER_C): $(LUA_H)
+$(LUA_H): $(LUA_PATH)/%.lua.h: %.lua | $(LUA_PATH)/
+	$(Q)xxd -i $< | sed 's/^unsigned/const unsigned/g' > $@