diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b82130e0878..b802bc2eff0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4846,13 +4846,16 @@ else
      fi
    fi
    if test -z "$wine_cv_toolsdir"; then
+     wine_makedep=tools/makedep
      wine_cv_toolsdir="\$(top_builddir)"
    elif test -d "$wine_cv_toolsdir/tools/winebuild"; then
+     wine_makedep=$wine_cv_toolsdir/tools/makedep
      case "$wine_cv_toolsdir" in
        /*) ;;
        *)  wine_cv_toolsdir="\$(top_builddir)/$wine_cv_toolsdir" ;;
      esac
      enable_tools=${enable_tools:-no}
+     test -f "$wine_makedep" || as_fn_error $? "the Wine tools have not yet been built in $wine_cv_toolsdir" "$LINENO" 5
    else
      as_fn_error $? "could not find Wine tools in $wine_cv_toolsdir" "$LINENO" 5
    fi
@@ -16578,7 +16581,7 @@ CLEAN_FILES = *.o *.a *.so *.res *.fake *.ok *.tab.[ch] *.yy.c
 .MAKEFILEDEPS:
 all: Makefile
 Makefile: $srcdir/Makefile.in $srcdir/Make.vars.in config.status \$(MAKEDEP)
-	@./config.status Make.tmp Makefile && \$(MAKEDEP) ."
+	@./config.status Make.tmp Makefile"
 
 test "$srcdir" = . && wine_fn_append_rule "all: .gitignore
 .gitignore: config.status
@@ -18236,7 +18239,7 @@ wine_fn_output_makedep ()
 }
 wine_fn_output_makefile ()
 {
-    cat Make.tmp - <<\_WINE_EOF >\$tmp/makefile && mv -f \$tmp/makefile \$1 && rm -f Make.tmp && return
+    cat Make.tmp - <<\_WINE_EOF >\$tmp/makefile && mv -f \$tmp/makefile \$1 && rm -f Make.tmp && "$wine_makedep" . && return
 `cat $wine_rules_file`
 _WINE_EOF
     as_fn_error $? "could not create Makefile" "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee8cd1a6325..a7b90accd2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -215,13 +215,16 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for the directory containing the Wine tools], wine_cv_toolsdir,
      fi
    fi
    if test -z "$wine_cv_toolsdir"; then
+     wine_makedep=tools/makedep
      wine_cv_toolsdir="\$(top_builddir)"
    elif test -d "$wine_cv_toolsdir/tools/winebuild"; then
+     wine_makedep=$wine_cv_toolsdir/tools/makedep
      case "$wine_cv_toolsdir" in
        /*) ;;
        *)  wine_cv_toolsdir="\$(top_builddir)/$wine_cv_toolsdir" ;;
      esac
      enable_tools=${enable_tools:-no}
+     test -f "$wine_makedep" || AC_MSG_ERROR([the Wine tools have not yet been built in $wine_cv_toolsdir])
    else
      AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find Wine tools in $wine_cv_toolsdir])
    fi])
@@ -2593,7 +2596,7 @@ CLEAN_FILES = *.o *.a *.so *.res *.fake *.ok *.tab.[[ch]] *.yy.c
 .MAKEFILEDEPS:
 all: Makefile
 Makefile: $srcdir/Makefile.in $srcdir/Make.vars.in config.status \$(MAKEDEP)
-	@./config.status Make.tmp Makefile && \$(MAKEDEP) .])
+	@./config.status Make.tmp Makefile])
 
 test "$srcdir" = . && WINE_APPEND_RULE(
 [all: .gitignore
@@ -3461,7 +3464,7 @@ fi
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([Makefile], [wine_fn_output_makefile Makefile],
 [wine_fn_output_makefile ()
 {
-    cat Make.tmp - <<\_WINE_EOF >\$tmp/makefile && mv -f \$tmp/makefile \$[]1 && rm -f Make.tmp && return
+    cat Make.tmp - <<\_WINE_EOF >\$tmp/makefile && mv -f \$tmp/makefile \$[]1 && rm -f Make.tmp && "$wine_makedep" . && return
 `cat $wine_rules_file`
 _WINE_EOF
     AS_ERROR([could not create Makefile])