diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11d4fa508e..b029fa67a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ TSDB_BENCHMARK_NUM_METRICS ?= 1000
 TSDB_BENCHMARK_DATASET ?= "$(TSDB_PROJECT_DIR)/testdata/20kseries.json"
 TSDB_BENCHMARK_OUTPUT_DIR ?= "$(TSDB_CLI_DIR)/benchout"
 
+.PHONY: all
+all: common-all check_assets
+
 include Makefile.common
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME       ?= prometheus
@@ -39,9 +42,11 @@ check_assets: assets
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
+.PHONY: build_tsdb
 build_tsdb:
 	GO111MODULE=$(GO111MODULE) $(GO) build -o $(TSDB_BIN) $(TSDB_CLI_DIR)
 
+.PHONY: bench_tsdb
 bench_tsdb: build_tsdb
 	@echo ">> running benchmark, writing result to $(TSDB_BENCHMARK_OUTPUT_DIR)"
 	@$(TSDB_BIN) bench write --metrics=$(TSDB_BENCHMARK_NUM_METRICS) --out=$(TSDB_BENCHMARK_OUTPUT_DIR) $(TSDB_BENCHMARK_DATASET)