diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7132b2a94..b2dee72c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ build-wasm: ## Builds the client library for wasm32
 
 # --- Check ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+.PHONY: check
 check: ## Builds the CLI binary and client library in release mode
 	cargo check --release --features $(FEATURES_CLI)
 
+.PHONY: check-wasm
 check-wasm: ## Builds the client library for wasm32
 	cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features idxdb,web-tonic --no-default-features --package miden-client