diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea802ef2fa..1e21c90a04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ gaia:
 
 build:
 	@rm -rf examples/basecoin/vendor/
+	cd examples/basecoin && $(MAKE) get_vendor_deps
 	go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/basecoind ./examples/basecoin/cmd/basecoind/...
 
 dist:
diff --git a/examples/basecoin/Makefile b/examples/basecoin/Makefile
index c617692a5c..0196b9590c 100644
--- a/examples/basecoin/Makefile
+++ b/examples/basecoin/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 PACKAGES=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/vendor/')
 BUILD_FLAGS = -ldflags "-X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/examples/basecoin/version.GitCommit=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`"
 
-all: get_vendor_deps build test 
+all: get_tools get_vendor_deps build test
+
+get_tools:
+	go get github.com/tendermint/glide
 
 build:
 	go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/basecoin ./cmd/...
@@ -16,4 +19,4 @@ test:
 benchmark:
 	@go test -bench=. $(PACKAGES)
 
-.PHONY: build get_vendor_deps test benchmark 
+.PHONY: get_tools build get_vendor_deps test benchmark