diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
index f079800078..887faa93f5 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extract_strings_cppflags =
 extract_strings_cflags = $(GLIB_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)
 extract_strings_ldadd = $(GLIB_LIBS_FOR_BUILD)
 
-extract-strings: $(extract_strings_sources)
+extract-strings$(EXEEXT): $(extract_strings_sources)
 	@rm -f extract-strings
 	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(CC_FOR_BUILD) $(extract_strings_cppflags) $(CPPFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $(extract_strings_cflags) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $^ $(LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $(extract_strings_ldadd) $(LIBS_FOR_BUILD) -o $@