diff --git a/backends/protobuf/Makefile.inc b/backends/protobuf/Makefile.inc
index a6e3c5ab7..834cad42c 100644
--- a/backends/protobuf/Makefile.inc
+++ b/backends/protobuf/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_PROTOBUF),1)
 
-backends/protobuf/yosys.pb.cc backends/protobuf/yosys.pb.h: share/yosys.proto
+backends/protobuf/yosys.pb.cc backends/protobuf/yosys.pb.h: misc/yosys.proto
 	$(Q) cd misc && protoc --cpp_out "../backends/protobuf" yosys.proto
 
 OBJS += backends/protobuf/protobuf.o backends/protobuf/yosys.pb.o