diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 9a432da1be..8ff1111a59 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ ifeq ($(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),squashfs)
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(MAKE_SQUASHFS) $(MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),squashfs)
+INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(MAKE_SQUASHFS) $(MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG)
+endif
+
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_BINARY_PATHS := $(sort $(dir $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)))
 
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY))