diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index be0682c44e..60bb01b9cb 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ define Device/Build/initramfs
     $(KDIR)/$$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS_NAME).$$(ROOTFS_ID/$(1)):: image_prepare target-dir-$$(ROOTFS_ID/$(1))
 	$(call Kernel/CompileImage/Initramfs,$(KDIR)/target-dir-$$(ROOTFS_ID/$(1)),.$$(ROOTFS_ID/$(1)))
   endif
-  $(1)-images: $$(if $$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS),$(BIN_DIR)/$$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS_IMAGE))
+  $(1)-initramfs-images: $$(if $$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS),$(BIN_DIR)/$$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS_IMAGE))
   $(BIN_DIR)/$$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS_IMAGE): $(KDIR)/tmp/$$(KERNEL_INITRAMFS_IMAGE)
 	cp $$^ $$@
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ define Device/Build/image
   ifndef IB
     $$(ROOTFS/$(1)/$(3)): $(if $(TARGET_PER_DEVICE_ROOTFS),target-dir-$$(ROOTFS_ID/$(3)))
   endif
-  $(KDIR)/tmp/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)): $$(KDIR_KERNEL_IMAGE) $$(ROOTFS/$(1)/$(3))
+  $(KDIR)/tmp/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)): $$(KDIR_KERNEL_IMAGE) $$(ROOTFS/$(1)/$(3)) $(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),$(3)-initramfs-images)
 	@rm -f $$@
 	[ -f $$(word 1,$$^) -a -f $$(word 2,$$^) ]
 	$$(call concat_cmd,$(if $(IMAGE/$(2)/$(1)),$(IMAGE/$(2)/$(1)),$(IMAGE/$(2))))
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ define Device/Build/artifact
 	  $(BUILD_DIR)/json_info_files/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1).json, \
 	  $(BIN_DIR)/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1))
   $(eval $(call Device/Export,$(KDIR)/tmp/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1)))
-  $(KDIR)/tmp/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1): $$(KDIR_KERNEL_IMAGE) $(2)-images
+  $(KDIR)/tmp/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1): $$(KDIR_KERNEL_IMAGE) $(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),$(2)-initramfs-images) $(2)-images
 	@rm -f $$@
 	$$(call concat_cmd,$(ARTIFACT/$(1)))