diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index a1f8c7f1ec60..ae6403708971 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(initrd-y)): $(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz
 $(obj)/zImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
 	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/zImage.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*)
+$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(sort $(filter zImage.%, $(image-y)))): vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,$(subst $(obj)/zImage.,,$@))
 
 # dtbImage% - a dtbImage is a zImage with an embedded device tree blob
 $(obj)/dtbImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/%.dtb