diff --git a/conf.d/desktop.mk b/conf.d/desktop.mk
index 2be4be09..dccbf219 100644
--- a/conf.d/desktop.mk
+++ b/conf.d/desktop.mk
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # desktop distributions
 ifeq (distro,$(IMAGE_CLASS))
 
-distro/desktop-base: distro/.installer \
+distro/.desktop-base: distro/.installer \
 	use/syslinux/ui-vesamenu use/x11/xorg
 	@$(call set,INSTALLER,desktop)
 
-distro/desktop-mini: distro/desktop-base \
+distro/.desktop-mini: distro/.desktop-base \
 	use/lowmem use/x11/xdm use/power/acpi/button \
 	use/cleanup/alterator
 
-distro/icewm: distro/desktop-mini
+distro/icewm: distro/.desktop-mini
 	@$(call add,BASE_LISTS,$(call tags,icewm desktop))
 
-distro/tde: distro/desktop-mini use/x11/kdm
+distro/tde: distro/.desktop-mini use/x11/kdm
 	@$(call add,BASE_LISTS, \
 		$(call tags,(base || desktop) && (network || tde)))
 
diff --git a/conf.d/server.mk b/conf.d/server.mk
index ac28ec82..4b776bcd 100644
--- a/conf.d/server.mk
+++ b/conf.d/server.mk
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # server distributions
 ifeq (distro,$(IMAGE_CLASS))
 
-distro/server-base: distro/.installer use/syslinux/ui-menu use/memtest
+distro/.server-base: distro/.installer use/syslinux/ui-menu use/memtest
 	@$(call add,BASE_LISTS,server-base)
 
-distro/server-mini: distro/server-base use/cleanup/x11-alterator
+distro/server-mini: distro/.server-base use/cleanup/x11-alterator
 	@$(call set,KFLAVOURS,el-smp)
 	@$(call add,THE_KMODULES,e1000e igb)
 	@$(call add,STAGE1_KMODULES,e1000e igb)