diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 0062982096b..14cf916e9a6 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ wine_fn_all_dir_rules ()
     then
         dnl makedep is in tools so tools makefile cannot depend on it
         ac_alldeps="$[2] $ac_makedep"
+    else
+        ac_alldeps="$[2] include/config.h"
     fi
     case $[2] in
       *.in) ac_input=$ac_input:$[2] ;;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 99efc84dd82..2da54779495 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14842,6 +14842,8 @@ wine_fn_all_dir_rules ()
     if test $ac_dir != tools
     then
                 ac_alldeps="$2 $ac_makedep"
+    else
+        ac_alldeps="$2 include/config.h"
     fi
     case $2 in
       *.in) ac_input=$ac_input:$2 ;;