diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ab227dea6..275aff8c3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@ VFLAGS ?=
 CFLAGS ?=
 LDFLAGS ?=
 
-.PHONY: all check
+.PHONY: all check download_vc v
 
-all: vc
-	git -C vc/ pull;
+all: download_vc v
+
+download_vc:
+	if [ -f vc/v.c ] ; then git -C vc/ pull; else git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/vlang/vc vc/; fi
+
+v:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu11 -w -o v1 vc/v.c -lm -lexecinfo -lpthread $(LDFLAGS)
 	./v1 -no-parallel -o v2 $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
 	./v2 -o v $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
-	rm -rf v1 v2 vc/
+	rm -rf v1 v2
 	@echo "V has been successfully built"
 	./v run ./cmd/tools/detect_tcc.v
 
-vc/v.c:
-	git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/vlang/vc
-
 check:
 	./v test-all