diff --git a/data/fonts/Android.mk b/data/fonts/Android.mk
index 81164d5e63a0d..76eb4e6769235 100644
--- a/data/fonts/Android.mk
+++ b/data/fonts/Android.mk
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ else
 CHECK_EMOJI := true
 endif
 
+fontchain_lint_timestamp := $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,fontchain_lint)/stamp
+
 .PHONY: fontchain_lint
-fontchain_lint: $(FONTCHAIN_LINTER) $(TARGET_OUT)/etc/fonts.xml $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system.img
+fontchain_lint: $(fontchain_lint_timestamp)
+
+fontchain_lint_deps := \
+    external/unicode/DerivedAge.txt \
+    external/unicode/emoji-data.txt \
+    external/unicode/emoji-sequences.txt \
+    external/unicode/emoji-variation-sequences.txt \
+    external/unicode/emoji-zwj-sequences.txt \
+    external/unicode/additions/emoji-data.txt \
+    external/unicode/additions/emoji-sequences.txt \
+    external/unicode/additions/emoji-zwj-sequences.txt \
+
+$(fontchain_lint_timestamp): $(FONTCHAIN_LINTER) $(TARGET_OUT)/etc/fonts.xml $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system.img $(fontchain_lint_deps)
+	@echo Running fontchain lint
 	$(FONTCHAIN_LINTER) $(TARGET_OUT) $(CHECK_EMOJI) external/unicode
+	touch $@