diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e58cedde5..b71b93cb43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ $(foreach class,$(classes), \
 foreach-src=$(foreach file,$($(1)-srcs),$(eval $(call $(1)-objs_$(subst .,,$(suffix $(file)))_template,$(file))))
 $(eval $(foreach class,$(classes),$(call foreach-src,$(class))))
 
-DEPENDENCIES = $(addsuffix .d,$(basename $(allobjs)))
+DEPENDENCIES += $(addsuffix .d,$(basename $(allobjs)))
 -include $(DEPENDENCIES)
 
 printall:
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index d82de694d4..2576ba0dc5 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ files-in-dir=$(filter-out $(call dir-wildcards,$(call filter-out-dirs,$(1),$(dir
 #######################################################################
 # reduce command line length by linking the objects of each
 # directory into an intermediate file
-postprocessors += $$(foreach d,$$(sort $$(dir $$(filter %.o %.a,$$(ramstage-objs)))), \
+postprocessors += $$(eval DEPENDENCIES+=$$(addsuffix .d,$$(basename $$(ramstage-objs)))) \
+	$$(foreach d,$$(sort $$(dir $$(filter %.o %.a,$$(ramstage-objs)))), \
 	$$(eval $$(d)ramstage.o: $$(call files-in-dir,$$(d),$$(ramstage-objs)); $$$$(call link,ramstage,$$$$(filter %.o %.a,$$$$(^)),-o $$$$(@),-r)) \
 	$$(eval ramstage-objs:=$$(d)ramstage.o $$(filter-out $$(call files-in-dir,$$(d),$$(filter %.o %.a,$$(ramstage-objs))),$$(ramstage-objs))))