diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index b4cb55b712..744740fd33 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ endif
 ## make clean- targets
 ###########################################################
 cleantarget := clean-$(my_register_name)
+.PHONY: $(cleantarget)
 $(cleantarget) : PRIVATE_MODULE := $(my_register_name)
 $(cleantarget) : PRIVATE_CLEAN_FILES := \
     $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE) \
diff --git a/core/droiddoc.mk b/core/droiddoc.mk
index 1a3675898f..587d284a86 100644
--- a/core/droiddoc.mk
+++ b/core/droiddoc.mk
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ $(out_zip): $(full_target)
 	$(hide) ( F=$$(pwd)/$@ ; cd $(PRIVATE_DOCS_DIR) && zip -rqX $$F * )
 
 $(LOCAL_MODULE)-docs.zip : $(out_zip)
+.PHONY: $(LOCAL_MODULE)-docs.zip
 
 $(call dist-for-goals,docs,$(out_zip))
 
diff --git a/core/host_java_library.mk b/core/host_java_library.mk
index 750254f594..c8d2ee78c2 100644
--- a/core/host_java_library.mk
+++ b/core/host_java_library.mk
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ $(full_classes_compiled_jar): \
 
 javac-check : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
 javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE) : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
+.PHONY: javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
 $(full_classes_combined_jar): $(full_classes_compiled_jar) \
                               $(jar_manifest_file) \
diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index 0bcf602f64..2f85bb04d8 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ $(full_classes_compiled_jar): \
 
 javac-check : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
 javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE) : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
+.PHONY: javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
 $(full_classes_combined_jar): PRIVATE_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF := $(LOCAL_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF)
 $(full_classes_combined_jar): $(full_classes_compiled_jar) \
@@ -566,6 +567,7 @@ ALL_FINDBUGS_FILES += $(findbugs_xml)
 findbugs_html := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/findbugs/$(LOCAL_MODULE).html
 $(findbugs_html) : PRIVATE_XML_FILE := $(findbugs_xml)
 $(LOCAL_MODULE)-findbugs : $(findbugs_html)
+.PHONY: $(LOCAL_MODULE)-findbugs
 $(findbugs_html) : $(findbugs_xml)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	@echo ConvertXmlToText: $@
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index a1ae9b666e..bf3a30f584 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1365,7 +1365,8 @@ $(call dist-for-goals,sdk win_sdk, \
 # umbrella targets to assit engineers in verifying builds
 .PHONY: java native target host java-host java-target native-host native-target \
         java-host-tests java-target-tests native-host-tests native-target-tests \
-        java-tests native-tests host-tests target-tests tests java-dex
+        java-tests native-tests host-tests target-tests tests java-dex \
+        native-host-cross
 # some synonyms
 .PHONY: host-java target-java host-native target-native \
         target-java-tests target-native-tests
diff --git a/core/product-graph.mk b/core/product-graph.mk
index 51985df878..696aabfdb9 100644
--- a/core/product-graph.mk
+++ b/core/product-graph.mk
@@ -145,3 +145,4 @@ $(products_svg): $(products_graph) $(product_debug_files)
 	dot -Tsvg -Nshape=box -o $@ $<
 
 product-graph: $(products_pdf) $(products_svg)
+.PHONY: product-graph
diff --git a/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk b/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
index ef71107fc7..0b3d44aad9 100644
--- a/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
+++ b/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ endif  # LOCAL_SOONG_DEX_JAR
 
 javac-check : $(full_classes_jar)
 javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE) : $(full_classes_jar)
+.PHONY: javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
 ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
 ifeq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),system_current)