diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26fb1488ffc83c766c1bd203ee5a89c12847c21c..6c01a824f0f470ab0a18496de6c338402a2cd3c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ uninstall-headers:
 	-rmdir "$(incdir)"
 	-rmdir "$(prefix)/include/postproc"
 
-dep:	depend
-
-depend: .depend
+depend dep: .depend
 	$(MAKE) -C libavutil   depend
 	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec  depend
 	$(MAKE) -C libavformat depend