diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 61ee7a6ab075b85c3ac28cd30f1688cc76cadcde..e226eb703f21475a4a4857cc3ed880a79209a39a 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ EOF
       }
       return <<"EOF";
 $obj\$(DEP_EXT): $deps
-	\$(CC) \$(CFLAGS) $ecflags$incs -MM -MF \$\@ -MQ $obj $srcs
+	\$(CC) \$(CFLAGS) $ecflags$incs -MM -MF \$\@ -MQ $obj\$(OBJ_EXT) $srcs
+	touch \$\@
 $obj\$(OBJ_EXT): $obj\$(DEP_EXT)
 	\$(CC) \$(CFLAGS) $ecflags$incs -c -o \$\@ $srcs
 EOF