diff --git a/sys/unix/Makefile.utl b/sys/unix/Makefile.utl
index e01949fa9..c2b40bd87 100644
--- a/sys/unix/Makefile.utl
+++ b/sys/unix/Makefile.utl
@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ lintdgn:
 
 #	dependencies for recover
 #
-$(TARGETPFX)recover: $(RECOVOBJS)
-	$(TARGET_CLINK) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) -o recover $(RECOVOBJS) $(HACKLIB) $(LIBS)
+$(TARGETPFX)recover: $(RECOVOBJS) $(TARGETPFX)$(HACKLIB)
+	$(TARGET_CLINK) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) -o recover \
+		$(RECOVOBJS) $(TARGETPFX)$(HACKLIB) $(LIBS)
 
 $(TARGETPFX)recover.o: recover.c $(CONFIG_H)
 	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(CSTD) -c recover.c -o $@
diff --git a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370 b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
index 557b3504a..b4d8c759c 100644
--- a/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
+++ b/sys/unix/hints/include/cross-post.370
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ $(TARGETPFX)tileset.o : ../win/share/tileset.c
 $(TARGETPFX)bmptiles.o : ../win/share/bmptiles.c
 $(TARGETPFX)giftiles.o : ../win/share/giftiles.c
 $(TARGETPFX)recover.o : ../util/recover.c
-$(TARGETPFX)recover.exe : $(TARGETPFX)recover.o
-	$(TARGET_LINK) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(TARGETPFX)recover.o -o $@
+$(TARGETPFX)recover.exe : $(TARGETPFX)recover.o $(TARGETPFX)hacklib.a
+	$(TARGET_LINK) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) \
+	$(TARGETPFX)recover.o $(TARGETPFX)hacklib.a -o $@
 endif  # CROSS_SHARED
 #
 ifdef CROSS