diff --git a/Cantera/clib/src/Makefile.in b/Cantera/clib/src/Makefile.in
index d21c11d0d..7abe6dbbc 100755
--- a/Cantera/clib/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/Cantera/clib/src/Makefile.in
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ LCXX_FLAGS = -L$(CANTERA_LIBDIR) @CXXFLAGS@
 .@CXX_EXT@.@OBJ_EXT@:
 	$(CXX) -c $< $(CXX_INCLUDES) $(CXX_FLAGS)
 
-%.d:
+%.d: Makefile %.o
 	@CXX_DEPENDS@ $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDES) $*.cpp > $*.d
 
 LIB_NAME=lib@CT_SHARED_LIB@
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ else
 CTLIB = @buildlib@/$(LIB_NAME).a
 endif
 
-all: .depends $(CTLIB)
+all: $(CTLIB) .depends
  
 $(CTLIB): $(OBJS) $(LIB_DEPS)
 	$(RM)     $(CTLIB)
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ depends:
 .depends: $(DEPENDS)
 	cat *.d > .depends
 
+$(OBJS): Makefile
+
 ifeq ($(wildcard .depends), .depends)
 include .depends
 endif