diff --git a/make-linux.mk b/make-linux.mk
index 5d1155c9e..08f462f10 100644
--- a/make-linux.mk
+++ b/make-linux.mk
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ debian:	FORCE
 debian-clean: FORCE
 	rm -rf debian/files debian/zerotier-one*.debhelper debian/zerotier-one.substvars debian/*.log debian/zerotier-one debian/.debhelper debian/debhelper-build-stamp
 
-redhat:	FORCE
+redhat:
+	@echo "building rpm package"
 	rpmbuild --target `rpm -q bash --qf "%{arch}"` -ba zerotier-one.spec
 
 # This installs the packages needed to build ZT locally on CentOS 7 and