diff --git a/platform/target_data.go b/platform/target_data.go
index 26977d676..e88954db3 100644
--- a/platform/target_data.go
+++ b/platform/target_data.go
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ func TargetSatisfiedForBuild(base files.TargetMetadata, module buildpack.TargetM
 	if !matches(base.ArchVariant, module.ArchVariant) {
 		return false
 	}
-	if base.Distro == nil || len(module.Distros) == 0 {
+	if len(module.Distros) == 0 {
 		return true
 	}
+	if base.Distro == nil {
+		return false
+	}
 	foundMatchingDist := false
 	for _, modDist := range module.Distros {
 		if matches(base.Distro.Name, modDist.Name) && matches(base.Distro.Version, modDist.Version) {
diff --git a/platform/target_data_test.go b/platform/target_data_test.go
index cc9bd5dce..2742f8f46 100644
--- a/platform/target_data_test.go
+++ b/platform/target_data_test.go
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ func testTargetData(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 						})
 					})
 
-					when("has extra information", func() {
-						it("matches", func() {
+					when("has distro information", func() {
+						it("does not match", func() {
 							h.AssertEq(t, platform.TargetSatisfiedForBuild(baseTarget, buildpack.TargetMetadata{OS: baseTarget.OS, Arch: baseTarget.Arch, ArchVariant: "MMX"}), true)
 							h.AssertEq(t, platform.TargetSatisfiedForBuild(baseTarget, buildpack.TargetMetadata{
 								OS:      baseTarget.OS,
 								Arch:    baseTarget.Arch,
 								Distros: []buildpack.OSDistro{{Name: "a", Version: "2"}},
-							}), true)
+							}), false)
 						})
 					})
 				})