4 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-buildscript.cxx b/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-buildscript.cxx
index 302e399..3e868a6 100644
--- a/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-buildscript.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/adhoc-rule-buildscript.cxx
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ namespace build2
     // prerequisites injected by the pattern. So we have to handle this ad hoc
     // below.
     //
-    const fsdir* dir (inject_fsdir (a, t, false /* prereq */));
+    const fsdir* dir (inject_fsdir (a, t, true /*match*/, false /*prereq*/));
 
     // Match prerequisites.
     //
diff --git a/libbuild2/algorithm.cxx b/libbuild2/algorithm.cxx
index 2abf391..87217f7 100644
--- a/libbuild2/algorithm.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/algorithm.cxx
@@ -1903,16 +1903,18 @@ namespace build2
   }
 
   const fsdir*
-  inject_fsdir (action a, target& t, bool prereq, bool parent)
+  inject_fsdir (action a, target& t, bool match, bool prereq, bool parent)
   {
     const fsdir* r (inject_fsdir_impl (t, prereq, parent));
 
     if (r != nullptr)
     {
+      if (match)
+        match_sync (a, *r);
+
       // Make it ad hoc so that it doesn't end up in prerequisite_targets
       // after execution.
       //
-      match_sync (a, *r);
       t.prerequisite_targets[a].emplace_back (r, include_type::adhoc);
     }
 
diff --git a/libbuild2/algorithm.hxx b/libbuild2/algorithm.hxx
index dd5d367..64660a9 100644
--- a/libbuild2/algorithm.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/algorithm.hxx
@@ -650,8 +650,12 @@ namespace build2
   // src tree or is outside of any project (say, for example, an installation
   // directory). If the parent argument is true, then inject the parent
   // directory of a target that is itself a directory (name is empty). Match
-  // and return the injected target or NULL. Normally this function is called
-  // from the rule's apply() function.
+  // unless match is false and return the injected target or NULL. Normally
+  // this function is called from the rule's apply() function.
+  //
+  // The match=false semantics is useful when you wish to first collect all
+  // the prerequisites targets and then match them all as a separate step, for
+  // example, with match_members().
   //
   // As an extension, unless prereq is false, this function will also search
   // for an existing fsdir{} prerequisite for the directory and if one exists,
@@ -659,7 +663,10 @@ namespace build2
   // example, to place output into an otherwise non-existent directory.
   //
   LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT const fsdir*
-  inject_fsdir (action, target&, bool prereq = true, bool parent = true);
+  inject_fsdir (action, target&,
+                bool match = true,
+                bool prereq = true,
+                bool parent = true);
 
   // As above, but match the injected fsdir{} target directly (that is,
   // without incrementing the dependency counts).
diff --git a/libbuild2/rule.cxx b/libbuild2/rule.cxx
index 9f90919..dc1c96c 100644
--- a/libbuild2/rule.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/rule.cxx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ namespace build2
     // Inject dependency on our directory (note: not parent) so that it is
     // automatically created on update and removed on clean.
     //
-    inject_fsdir (a, t, true, false);
+    inject_fsdir (a, t, true, true, false);
 
     // Handle the alias match-only level.
     //