Index: Makefile.inc1
===================================================================
--- Makefile.inc1
+++ Makefile.inc1
@@ -1831,6 +1831,17 @@
 # These are not required by the build, but can be useful for developers who
 # cross-build on a FreeBSD 10 host:
 _elftctools+=	usr.bin/addr2line
+
+_ct= 		cross-tools
+.for _tool in \
+		usr.bin/elfcopy \
+		usr.bin/nm \
+		usr.bin/size \
+		usr.bin/strings \
+		usr.bin/addr2line
+${_ct}_${_tool}: ${_ct}_lib/libelftc
+.endfor
+
 .endif
 .elif ${TARGET_ARCH} != ${MACHINE_ARCH} && ${MK_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP} != "no"
 # If cross-building with an external binutils we still need to build strip for
@@ -1851,7 +1862,6 @@
 _usb_tools=	sys/boot/usb/tools
 .endif
 
-cross-tools: .MAKE .PHONY
 .for _tool in \
     ${LOCAL_XTOOL_DIRS} \
     ${_clang_libs} \
@@ -1862,11 +1872,13 @@
     ${_cc} \
     ${_btxld} \
     ${_usb_tools}
+cross-tools_${_tool}: .PHONY
 	${_+_}@${ECHODIR} "===> ${_tool} (obj,all,install)"; \
 		cd ${.CURDIR}/${_tool}; \
 		${MAKE} DIRPRFX=${_tool}/ obj; \
 		${MAKE} DIRPRFX=${_tool}/ all; \
 		${MAKE} DIRPRFX=${_tool}/ DESTDIR=${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} install
+cross-tools: cross-tools_${_tool}
 .endfor
 
 NXBDESTDIR=	${OBJTREE}/nxb-bin