diff --git a/services/git-bridge/Makefile b/services/git-bridge/Makefile
index 0ccd0574dc..3a24af8ad8 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/Makefile
+++ b/services/git-bridge/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ run: $(MVN_TARGET) runtime-conf
 	java $(GIT_BRIDGE_JVM_ARGS) -jar $(MVN_TARGET) conf/runtime.json
 
 
-$(MVN_TARGET): $(shell find src -type f)
+$(MVN_TARGET): $(shell find src -type f) pom.xml
 	mvn $(MVN_OPTS) package -DskipTests
 
+build: $(MVN_TARGET)
 
 test:
 	mvn $(MVN_OPTS) test
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ package: clean
 	mvn $(MVN_OPTS) package -DskipTests
 
 
-.PHONY: run package clean test runtime-conf
+.PHONY: run package build clean test runtime-conf