diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index d42115e4284d..8b0cd421ebd3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ endef
 ifeq ($(CAN_BUILD_I386),1)
 $(BINARIES_32): CFLAGS += -m32
 $(BINARIES_32): LDLIBS += -lrt -ldl -lm
-$(BINARIES_32): %_32: %.c
+$(BINARIES_32): $(OUTPUT)/%_32: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(notdir $^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 $(foreach t,$(TARGETS),$(eval $(call gen-target-rule-32,$(t))))
 endif
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CAN_BUILD_X86_64),1)
 $(BINARIES_64): CFLAGS += -m64
 $(BINARIES_64): LDLIBS += -lrt -ldl
-$(BINARIES_64): %_64: %.c
+$(BINARIES_64): $(OUTPUT)/%_64: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(notdir $^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 $(foreach t,$(TARGETS),$(eval $(call gen-target-rule-64,$(t))))
 endif