diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ed54e5045..f25bd0af6a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ mplayer$(EXESUF): EXTRALIBS += $(EXTRALIBS_MPLAYER)
 mencoder$(EXESUF) mplayer$(EXESUF):
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(EXTRALIBS)
 
-codec-cfg$(EXESUF): codec-cfg.c help_mp.h
+codec-cfg$(EXESUF): codec-cfg.c codec-cfg.h help_mp.h
 	$(HOST_CC) -O -DCODECS2HTML -I. -o $@ $<
 
 codecs.conf.h: codec-cfg$(EXESUF) etc/codecs.conf