1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1df6c6cfd2..cc9450470f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -489,13 +489,16 @@ all:	recurse $(ALL_PRG)
 recurse:
 	for part in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$part; done
 
+# Hack to keep .depend from being generated at the top level unnecessarily.
+DEPS = foo
+
+include mpcommon.mak
+
 DEPS = $(SRCS_COMMON:.c=.d) $(SRCS_MPLAYER:.c=.d) $(SRCS_MENCODER:.c=.d)
 $(DEPS) recurse: help_mp.h version.h codecs.conf.h
 dep depend: $(DEPS)
 	for part in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$part .depend; done
 
-include mpcommon.mak
-
 CFLAGS := $(subst -I..,-I.,$(CFLAGS))
 
 define RECURSIVE_RULE