diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 9211db57659001bf055601fc8cc76929629b11b1..cc7c7823f48d190484d120381a06289c98c8822f 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR): $(SHARED_OBJS)
 %.o: %.cpp
 	g++ $(subst -Wall,,$(CFLAGS)) -c -o $@ $<
 
-depend: $(SRCS)
+depend dep: $(SRCS)
 	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $^ 1>.depend
 
-dep:	depend
-
 clean::
 	rm -f *.o *.d *~ *.a *.lib *.so *.so.* *.dylib *.dll \
 	      *.lib *.def *.dll.a *.exp