diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 6d007ccef0..3f2a93fb32 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ ifeq ($(wildcard $(SVN_ENTRIES)),$(SVN_ENTRIES))
 $(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/version.h: $(SVN_ENTRIES)
 endif
 
-$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/version.h:
-	$(SRC_PATH)/version.sh $(SRC_PATH) $@ $(EXTRA_VERSION)
+$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/version.h: $(SRC_PATH)/version.sh
+	$< $(SRC_PATH) $@ $(EXTRA_VERSION)
 
 install: install-libs install-headers