--- a/ldap/Makefile.in
+++ b/ldap/Makefile.in
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 
 export::
 	$(MAKE) -C $(DEPTH)/ldap/sdks/c-sdk/config export
 	$(MAKE) -C $(DEPTH)/ldap/sdks/c-sdk/ldap/include export
 
 libs clean distclean::
 	$(MAKE) -C $(DEPTH)/ldap/sdks/c-sdk $@
 
+target::
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DEPTH)/ldap/sdks/c-sdk export

--- a/ldap/moz.build
+++ b/ldap/moz.build
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # vim: set filetype=python:
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
+# There needs to be an ldap/target entry in root.mk for the ldap libraries to
+# be built ahead of toolkit/library, so by adding a LIBRARY_NAME, it forces an
+# entry to be created. It is not currently used for anything other than
+# creating that entry.
+LIBRARY_NAME = 'ldapsdks'