diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 1807465a..3ed947f3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ NON_AUTO_MEDIA	:=
 MAKEDEPS	+= Config
 include Config
 
+# Location to place generated files
+#
+BIN		:= bin
+
 # If no architecture is specified in Config or on the command-line,
 # use that of the build machine.
 #
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ include arch/$(ARCH)/Config
 # If invoked with no build target, print out a helpfully suggestive
 # message.
 #
-noargs : blib
+noargs : blib $(BIN)/NIC
 	@echo '===================================================='
 	@echo
 	@echo ' *** WARNING: THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW DO NOT FULLY WORK YET !!!  ***'
@@ -93,10 +97,6 @@ NRV2B		?= ./util/nrv2b
 ZBIN		?= ./util/zbin
 DOXYGEN		?= doxygen
 
-# Location to place generated files
-#
-BIN		?= bin
-
 # Common flags
 #
 CFLAGS		+= -I include -I arch/$(ARCH)/include -I . -DARCH=$(ARCH)