diff --git a/libc/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/lib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libc/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
       ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_NAME ${archive_0}
   )
   list(APPEND added_archive_targets ${archive_1})
+
+  # The dependency below is necessary because it's possible for libc-headers to generate
+  # and want to install headers that no component entrypoint depends on.
+  # This causes issues when running 'make install' because libc-headers is all implemented
+  # with custom targets and there is not good support for describing install dependencies
+  # on custom targets.
+  add_dependencies(${archive_1} libc-headers)
 endforeach()
 
 if(LIBC_TARGET_TRIPLE)