doc/news.texi     |  7 +++++++
 ood.go            |  4 ++++
 t/goredo-do-ood.t | 12 ++++++++++++
 usage.go          |  2 +-

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index f8c3c7969e6178564aff12f67e4c22d525a4e640a0ea93c16c6a997a16a36ccf..26e24e55af145b54b18834a6096ed9363e8f3ffcc0b25d9928cc084ca11db34d 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ @node News
 @cindex news
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 2_8_0}
+@section Release 2.8.0
+@itemize
+@item
+    Fix always-OOD @file{.do}-targets with nearby @file{default.do}.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 2_7_0}
 @section Release 2.7.0
 @itemize
diff --git a/ood.go b/ood.go
index cb98247e0468bb9cebd3c7d4737ec7a8628bd33799c5a3409b756821ab9e0c41..57dd301e5c4b1bd2c0239994a35718472fa7031226e5a9b21f1063160c485627 100644
--- a/ood.go
+++ b/ood.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ 			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 				if isSrc(tgt) {
 					ood = false
 					tracef(CDebug, "ood: %s%s -> is source", indent, tgt)
+				} else if path.Ext(tgt.a) == ".do" {
+					ood = false
+					tracef(CDebug, "ood: %s%s -> is .do", indent, tgt)
 				} else {
 					ood = true
 					tracef(CDebug, "ood: %s%s -> no dep: %s", indent, tgt, tgt.dep)
diff --git a/t/goredo-do-ood.t b/t/goredo-do-ood.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b13afa02434765acc5feed75ee05451b1e1b1fccb4008b13ffee21c93d80d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/goredo-do-ood.t
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Check OOD of .do target"
+. $SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR/sharness.sh
+export REDO_TOP_DIR="`pwd`" REDO_NO_PROGRESS=1
+
+echo echo foo >foo.do
+echo echo default >default.do
+redo foo
+test_expect_success "!ood" '[ -z "$(redo-ood foo)" ]'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
index 94948f695410fe8dea9569411ede415ac695d9c4c286cf0506dd3b7415fc1394..6cf31bc3cfa5217409b4aa30c4d3c06ab0a58a7768bb922a3bbf61fc4623c31a 100644
--- a/usage.go
+++ b/usage.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 	"os"
 )
 
 const (
-	Version  = "2.7.0"
+	Version  = "2.8.0"
 	Warranty = `Copyright (C) 2020-2026 Sergey Matveev
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify