diff --git a/rules/sonic-platform-common.mk b/rules/sonic-platform-common.mk
index 95789354a4..043c820743 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-platform-common.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-platform-common.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY2)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY2)
 
 # Als build sonic-platform-common into python3 wheel, so we can use PSU code in SNMP docker
-# Note: _DEPENDS macro is not defined
 SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3 = sonic_platform_common-1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-common
 $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3)_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
+# Synthetic dependency just to avoid race condition
+$(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY2)
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3)