diff --git a/src/std/Makefile b/src/std/Makefile
index cde499d75..2065f1f4e 100644
--- a/src/std/Makefile
+++ b/src/std/Makefile
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ include $(STDDIR)/softIoc/Makefile
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
 
+include $(STDDIR)/rec/RULES
 include $(STDDIR)/softIoc/RULES
 
diff --git a/src/std/rec/RULES b/src/std/rec/RULES
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5014359bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/std/rec/RULES
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+##########################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2011 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne
+#     National Laboratory.
+# EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+# in the file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+##########################################################################
+
+# This is a Makefile fragment, see src/ioc/Makefile.
+
+$(COMMON_DIR)/stdRecords.dbd: $(STDDIR)/rec/Makefile