1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index f44de5df6..0235d9877 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -3156,16 +3156,25 @@ int make_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (!POSIX_2017)
                 mark_special(".PHONY", OPT_phony, N_PHONY);
 
+        if (posix) {
+                // In POSIX mode only targets should now be in argv.
+                found_target = FALSE;
+                for (char **a = argv; *a; a++) {
+                        if (!strchr(*a, '='))
+                                found_target = TRUE;
+                        else if (found_target)
+                                error("macro assignments must precede targets");
+                }
+        }
+
         estat = 0;
         found_target = FALSE;
         for (; *argv; argv++) {
-                // In POSIX mode only targets should now be in argv.
-                // As an extension macros may still be present: skip them.
-                if (posix || !strchr(*argv, '='))
-                {
-                        found_target = TRUE;
-                        estat |= make(newname(*argv), 0);
-                }
+                // Skip macro assignments.
+                if (strchr(*argv, '='))
+                        continue;
+                found_target = TRUE;
+                estat |= make(newname(*argv), 0);
         }
         if (!found_target) {
                 if (!firstname)