diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c1906f4..bfeaa365 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-SCHEMA_FILES := $(shell find . -path './schema_out/*.json' -exec basename {} \; | sort)
+include validator/Makefile
+
 EXAMPLE_FILES := $(shell find . -path './examples/*.yaml' -exec basename {} \; | sort)
 $(shell mkdir -p out)
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: install-tools compile-schema validate-examples all-meta-schema
 
-include validator/Makefile
-
-.PHONY: compile-schema
-compile-schema:
-	@if ! npm ls minimatch yaml; then npm install; fi
-	npm run-script yaml-to-json || exit 1;
-	@if ! npm ls ajv-cli; then npm install; fi
-	@for f in $(SCHEMA_FILES); do \
-	    npx --no ajv-cli compile --spec=draft2020 --allow-matching-properties -s ./schema_out/$$f -r "./schema_out/!($$f)" \
-	        || exit 1; \
-	done
-
 .PHONY: validate-examples
 validate-examples:
 	@if ! npm ls ajv-cli; then npm install; fi
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee308009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+SCHEMA_FILES := $(shell find . -path './schema_out/*.json' -exec basename {} \; | sort)
+
+.PHONY: compile-schema
+compile-schema:
+	@if ! npm ls minimatch yaml; then npm install; fi
+	npm run-script yaml-to-json || exit 1;
+	@if ! npm ls ajv-cli; then npm install; fi
+	@for f in $(SCHEMA_FILES); do \
+	    npx --no ajv-cli compile --spec=draft2020 --allow-matching-properties -s ./schema_out/$$f -r "./schema_out/!($$f)" \
+	        || exit 1; \
+	done
diff --git a/validator/Makefile b/validator/Makefile
index d6bc690a..bfe9c275 100644
--- a/validator/Makefile
+++ b/validator/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+include Makefile.common
+
 ROOT_DIR :=$(realpath $(shell dirname $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 PARENT_DIR :=$(realpath ${ROOT_DIR}/../)
 CURRENT_GIT_REF :=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ $(TOOLS)/govulncheck: PACKAGE=golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck
 .PHONY: tools
 tools: $(GOVULNCHECK)
 
-validator-copy-schema:
+validator-copy-schema: compile-schema
 	mkdir -p ${ROOT_DIR}/schema
 	find ${PARENT_DIR} -path '*/schema_out/*.json' ! -path '*/validator/schema/*.json' -exec cp '{}' "${ROOT_DIR}/schema/" ';'