diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
index 938da94fe663df2ff920a524b6e7c56a636372d1..249628ee7fae95889d7a16d7dbafad3e5cd226de 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ endif
 
 # Flags for generating make dependency flags.
 ifneq ("${CC_VER_MAJOR}", "2")
-DEPFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
+DEPFLAGS = -fpch-deps -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
 endif
 
 # -DDONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER will exclude all includes in precompiled.hpp.
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
index 57fcad6f5564ada751935aa3b1671c5dc1260920..ff0a3753da4ba263d156bc3fd65ee2c6b12484e2 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ endif
 
 # Flags for generating make dependency flags.
 ifneq ("${CC_VER_MAJOR}", "2")
-DEPFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
+DEPFLAGS = -fpch-deps -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
 endif
 
 # -DDONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER will exclude all includes in precompiled.hpp.
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
index 4d0db9e7a7a4e13ac6279cbaa48721f8db1ebf31..be26f6d418c894fc0dc0e863e6d2ab76347eb4e8 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ OPT_CFLAGS/NOOPT=-O0
 
 # Flags for generating make dependency flags.
 ifneq ("${CC_VER_MAJOR}", "2")
-DEPFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
+DEPFLAGS = -fpch-deps -MMD -MP -MF $(DEP_DIR)/$(@:%=%.d)
 endif
 
 # -DDONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER will exclude all includes in precompiled.hpp.