diff --git a/gnu/packages/dictionaries.scm b/gnu/packages/dictionaries.scm
index 19fe9b6f11..9f493d91ad 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dictionaries.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dictionaries.scm
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ and a Python library.")
            (assoc-ref emacs:%standard-phases 'make-autoloads))
          (add-after 'install 'emacs-install
            (assoc-ref emacs:%standard-phases 'install))
+         (add-after 'emacs-install 'emacs-build
+           (assoc-ref emacs:%standard-phases 'build)))
        #:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" %output)
                           "NETWORK_ACCESS=no test")
        #:imported-modules (,@%gnu-build-system-modules