--- ./Makefile	2020/09/30 15:55:41	1.1
+++ ./Makefile	2020/09/30 17:59:12
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
 
 # $BUILD_TAGS variable is used in hack/golangci-lint.sh
 .PHONY: varlink_generate
-ifneq (or $(findstring varlink,$(BUILDTAGS)),$(findstring varlink,$(BUILD_TAGS)))
+ifneq (,$(or $(findstring varlink,$(BUILDTAGS)),$(findstring varlink,$(BUILD_TAGS))))
 varlink_generate: .gopathok pkg/varlink/iopodman.go ## Generate varlink
 else
 varlink_generate: