diff --git a/am-shared/lexc-include.am b/am-shared/lexc-include.am
index 1f35ba20..93e3a662 100644
--- a/am-shared/lexc-include.am
+++ b/am-shared/lexc-include.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ###########################################
 
 ####### HFST build rules: ########
-.generated/%.hfst: %.lexc $(GENDIR)
+.generated/%.hfst: .generated/%.lexc $(GENDIR)
 	$(AM_V_HLEXC)"$(HFST_LEXC)" \
 		$(MORE_VERBOSITY) $(HFST_FORMAT) $(HFST_LEXC_FLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		$(MORE_VERBOSITY) $(HFST_FORMAT) $(HFST_LEXC_FLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
 ####### Xerox build rules: #######
-.generated/%.xfst: %.lexc $(GENDIR)
+.generated/%.xfst: .generated/%.lexc $(GENDIR)
 	$(AM_V_XFST)"$(XFST)" $(VERBOSITY) \
 			-e "read lexc $<" \
 			-e "save stack $@ " \
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			-stop
 
 ####### Foma build rules: #######
-.generated/%.foma: %.lexc $(GENDIR)
+.generated/%.foma: .generated.generated//%.lexc $(GENDIR)
 	$(AM_V_FOMA)"$(FOMA)" $(VERBOSITY) \
 			-e "set lexc-align ON" \
 			-e "read lexc $<" \
diff --git a/am-shared/src-morphology-dir-include.am b/am-shared/src-morphology-dir-include.am
index 943c958a..95127582 100644
--- a/am-shared/src-morphology-dir-include.am
+++ b/am-shared/src-morphology-dir-include.am
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ endif
 ####### when something doesn't work); hfst does the concatenation automatically
 ####### but by doing it explicitly we have a source file to relate line numbers
 ####### in error messages to. Foma can only read a single lexc file.
-lexicon.lexc: $(GT_LEXC_ROOT) $(GT_LEXC_SRCS) $(GENERATED_LEXC_SRCS)
+.generated/lexicon.lexc: $(GT_LEXC_ROOT) $(GT_LEXC_SRCS) $(GENERATED_LEXC_SRCS) $(GENDIR)
 	$(AM_V_at)echo "! automatically generated combined lexc file!!!" > $@
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cat $^ >> $@
 
-lexicon-L2.lexc: $(GT_LEXC_ROOT) $(GT_LEXC_L2_SRCS) $(GENERATED_LEXC_SRCS)
+.generated/lexicon-L2.lexc: $(GT_LEXC_ROOT) $(GT_LEXC_L2_SRCS) $(GENERATED_LEXC_SRCS) $(GENDIR)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cat $^ > $@
 
 # Copy shared url lexc file to local dir as tmp file before building. The tmp
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ lexicon-L2.lexc: $(GT_LEXC_ROOT) $(GT_LEXC_L2_SRCS) $(GENERATED_LEXC_SRCS)
 
 ####### TMP files to allow local overrides - copy by default: #######
 DEPGEN=$(AM_V_CP)mv -f $< $@
-%.foma: .generated/%.tmp.foma ; $(DEPGEN)
-%.hfst: .generated/%.tmp.hfst ; $(DEPGEN)
-%.xfst: .generated/%.tmp.xfst ; $(DEPGEN)
+.generated/%.foma: .generated/%.tmp.foma ; $(DEPGEN)
+.generated/%.hfst: .generated/%.tmp.hfst ; $(DEPGEN)
+.generated/%.xfst: .generated/%.tmp.xfst ; $(DEPGEN)
 
 ####### Phonology source file defs: ########