diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a5b9fbf16d..f47432c2d8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1012,9 +1012,8 @@ SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION='$(SLIBNAME).$(LIBVERSION)'
 SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBNAME).$(LIBMAJOR)'
 LIB_INSTALL_EXTRA_CMD='$(RANLIB) "$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)"'
 
-# gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM, but we need the
-# full relative path for objects in subdirectories for non-recursive Make.
-DEPEND_CMD='$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG -MT $@ $<'
+# gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM
+DEPEND_CMD='$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM -MG $< | sed -e "/^\#.*/d" -e "1s,^,$(@D)/," -e "s,\\([[:space:]]\\)\\(version\\.h\\),\\1\$$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/\\2,"'
 
 # find source path
 source_path="`dirname \"$0\"`"