diff --git a/lwlib/Makefile.in b/lwlib/Makefile.in
index df2190d013e..647c6b08562 100644
--- a/lwlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lwlib/Makefile.in
@@ -75,3 +75,5 @@ maintainer-clean: distclean
 
 TAGS:
 	../lib-src/etags -t *.[ch]
+tags: TAGS
+.PHONY: tags