diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 1dd8ef118fd..5d9039a3f56 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ Makefile $(ALL_MAKERULES) $(ALL_MAKEFILES): config.status
 	@./config.status $@
 .INIT: Makefile
 .BEGIN: Makefile
+.MAKEFILEDEPS:
 
 $(RECURSE_TARGETS) $(MAKEDEP): $(ALL_MAKEFILES)
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 99616f3b955..dd91eb8fe5c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24220,6 +24220,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES="### Dependencies:
 
 .INIT: Makefile
 .BEGIN: Makefile
+.MAKEFILEDEPS:
 Makefile: dummy
 	-\$(MAKEDEP) -C\$(SRCDIR) -S\$(TOPSRCDIR) -T\$(TOPOBJDIR) \$(EXTRAINCL) \$(DEPEND_SRCS)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 792571ba658..0f7927e11f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1830,6 +1830,7 @@ AC_SUBST(DEPENDENCIES,["### Dependencies:
 
 .INIT: Makefile
 .BEGIN: Makefile
+.MAKEFILEDEPS:
 Makefile: dummy
 	-\$(MAKEDEP) -C\$(SRCDIR) -S\$(TOPSRCDIR) -T\$(TOPOBJDIR) \$(EXTRAINCL) \$(DEPEND_SRCS)