@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
 		${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} || exit 1; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
-depend:
+depend: pre-depend
 	regen=0; \
 	for i in ${SRCS}; do [ $$i -nt .deps ] && regen=1; done; \
 	if [ $$regen = 1 ]; then \
 		rm -f .deps; \
 		for i in ${SRCS}; do \
@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@
 			c|cc|cxx|m) \
 				${CPP} ${CPPFLAGS} -M $$i >>.deps; \
 			esac; \
 		done; \
 	fi
+
+pre-depend:
 
 ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST}: ${EXT_DEPS} ${OBJS}
 	${LINK_STATUS}
 	if ${LD} -o $@ ${OBJS} ${LDFLAGS} ${LIBS}; then \
 		${LINK_OK}; \