diff --git a/make/tex.mk b/make/tex.mk
index bf5f6663..2d0d78d4 100644
--- a/make/tex.mk
+++ b/make/tex.mk
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dirs: dirs.done
 arch:
 	test $(shell uname -s) = Linux
 
-xdvi:
+xdvi: $(TEXSRC)
 	@echo "-- running latex just once ..."
 	latex $(MAIN).tex
 	xdvi $(MAIN).dvi