diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c9eda03e33..8087d53b5c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ 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,"'
+DEPEND_CMD='$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG $< | sed -e "/^\#.*/d" -e "1s,^,$(@D)/," -e "s,\\([[:space:]]\\)\\(version\\.h\\),\\1\$$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/\\2," -e "s/\(.*\)\.o/\1.d &/"'
 
 # find source path
 source_path="`dirname \"$0\"`"