doc/news.texi              | 7 +++++++
 ood.go                     | 4 ++++
 t/redo-sh.tests/README     | 1 +
 t/redo-sh.tests/ood_1/test | 4 ++--
 t/redo-sh.tests/ood_2/test | 4 ++--
 t/redo-sh.tests/ood_3/test | 4 ++--
 usage.go                   | 2 +-

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index 1b730f3624454124a1e98b17f3a5f25622999fbc176e6000e17ec5864af2296d..c94177f5faf4520ff7e5ba81ba4de7c799ce35472139167179950ae75c67e5e0 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 @node News
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 1_16_0}
+@section Release 1.16.0
+@itemize
+@item
+    Unexistent targets are considered always out-of-date, as it should be.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 1_15_0}
 @section Release 1.15.0
 @itemize
diff --git a/ood.go b/ood.go
index b5d7d0f4341c55d13f0f7b4e9ac3e84c113c49ff15f1101dee8ec636d7aad2b0..b3ee26e62307f3e1b2fd35fe2604ef635dec587300445276edd0ffa52506e95b 100644
--- a/ood.go
+++ b/ood.go
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ 	if depInfo.build == BuildUUID {
 		trace(CDebug, "ood: %s%s -> already built", indent, tgtOrig)
 		return false, nil
 	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path.Join(cwd, tgt)); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		trace(CDebug, "ood: %s%s -> non-existent", indent, tgtOrig)
+		return true, nil
+	}
 	ood := false
 
 	for _, dep := range depInfo.ifcreates {
diff --git a/t/redo-sh.tests/README b/t/redo-sh.tests/README
index 913117d2e28970a542df03b2ee76ee1b61f11e08266115b8af73f4b2e5084508..4db041bf9547aab84b5f98ac41262c4ca92ee8e80d36e7bce711a6d87dfea471 100644
--- a/t/redo-sh.tests/README
+++ b/t/redo-sh.tests/README
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ Those tests are taken from http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/bin.git.
 Test parallel_2 removed, because goredo has no --jobs.
 Test always_rebuild_1 removed, because always-target is rebuilt once per run.
 stat call is replaced with portable perl script invocation in ood_*.
+ood_* pay attention that "all" is always OOD.
diff --git a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_1/test b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_1/test
index 415ea04ec7827181001b26cf1530a990036f92fea52f95a5463010cdb37b22e9..c4d3756ba841fdbdd3958ae1ebe3d436bc8708b18cb41beb41022b3550ff8095 100755
--- a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_1/test
+++ b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_1/test
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ >b printf '2
 '
 <b read -r b2
 
-ood2=$(redo-ood)
+ood2=$(redo-ood | sed /^all$/d)
 
 test 0 -eq "${a1}"
 test 1 -eq "${b1}"
 test 2 -eq "${b2}"
 
-test -z "${ood1}"
+[ "${ood1}" = "all" ]
 test -n "${ood2}"
 
 . ../stat_inode.rc
diff --git a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_2/test b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_2/test
index 9acc65b6b32b41132b7842632d0830f59cab17f5480885f2992e728c1d38a6df..a7c0e60e65b692d8bddc7e0876773d6053a7413c5742e869ec89e0e06ddc140b 100755
--- a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_2/test
+++ b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_2/test
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ >c printf '3
 '
 <c read -r c2
 
-ood2=$(redo-ood)
+ood2=$(redo-ood | sed /^all$/d)
 
 test 0 -eq "${a1}"
 test 1 -eq "${b1}"
 test 2 -eq "${c1}"
 test 3 -eq "${c2}"
 
-test -z "${ood1}"
+[ "${ood1}" = "all" ]
 test -n "${ood2}"
 
 . ../stat_inode.rc
diff --git a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_3/test b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_3/test
index 34a066e15ceedafb94be8a2f009b157fd9c3c3e4b7a4763e28b901a3366716b8..58db10e450f7d93b03693a29a1fe8ddd3c6db4bd56266aa184e572adc80ad17b 100755
--- a/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_3/test
+++ b/t/redo-sh.tests/ood_3/test
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 >d printf '4\n'
 <d read -r d2
 
-ood2=$(redo-ood)
+ood2=$(redo-ood | sed /^all$/d)
 
 test 0 -eq "${a1}"
 test 1 -eq "${b1}"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test 2 -eq "${c1}"
 test 3 -eq "${d1}"
 test 4 -eq "${d2}"
 
-test -z "${ood1}"
+[ "${ood1}" = "all" ]
 test -n "${ood2}"
 
 . ../stat_inode.rc
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
index 077a8b80b27bcf85c23c864a2df14828c90d4dd45a0b764f1ee29aad39ef94e7..d196b5c37cc8bcb88dd8acd7a43018ebfa99dfcd0b46e07f6fd7fb48c2dde4c0 100644
--- a/usage.go
+++ b/usage.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 	"os"
 )
 
 const (
-	Version  = "1.15.0"
+	Version  = "1.16.0"
 	Warranty = `Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Sergey Matveev
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify