--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -4785,7 +4785,15 @@ distclean-compile:
 
 $(am__depfiles_remade):
 	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
-	@: >>$@
+	# Ugly bootstrap hack to get to-be-generated files created
+	# Try to guess what file this dependency file is from...
+	@f=$(srcdir)/`dirname "$(@D)"`/`basename "$@" .Po | sed s/lib[^-]\*-//` ; \
+	for f in "$$f"*; do \
+		case $$f in \
+			*.c | *.S) echo "$$f"': $$(filter-out $$(DIST_SOURCES),$$(SOURCES))' ;; \
+			*) echo '# dummy';; \
+		esac ; \
+	done >>$@
 
 am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)