diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e7c9656efc4979038b9d54fc10ac6fbabe3d6004..af51ab4057eea0b91ae6dfccf2708a6e43be7f76 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1016,8 +1016,9 @@ SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION='$(SLIBNAME).$(LIBVERSION)'
 SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBNAME).$(LIBMAJOR)'
 LIB_INSTALL_EXTRA_CMD='$(RANLIB) "$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)"'
 
-# gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM
-DEPEND_CMD='$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG $< | sed -e "/^\#.*/d" -e "1s,^,$(@D)/," -e "s,\\([[:space:]]\\)\\(version\\.h\\),\\1\$$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/\\2,"'
+# gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM, but we need the
+# full relative path for objects in subdirectories for non-recursive Make.
+DEPEND_CMD='$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG -MT $@ $<'
 
 # find source path
 source_path="`dirname \"$0\"`"