diff --git a/translations/CustomTarget_translate.mk b/translations/CustomTarget_translate.mk
index d84f7f6a7a9..d5bb6a4f4d2 100644
--- a/translations/CustomTarget_translate.mk
+++ b/translations/CustomTarget_translate.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ else
 translations_LANGS := $(filter-out en-US,$(WITH_LANG))
 endif
 
+$(translations_DIR)/sdf/%.sdf : $(translations_DIR)/merge.done
+	touch $@
+
 #TODO: remove localization_present.mk when translations are in tail_build
 $(translations_DIR)/merge.done : \
 		$(foreach lang,$(translations_LANGS),$(translations_DIR)/sdf-l10n/$(lang).sdf) \