diff --git a/template/Makefile.in b/template/Makefile.in
index 9b3f785217..666a9773d8 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.in
+++ b/template/Makefile.in
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ install-cross: $(arch)-fake.rb $(RBCONFIG) rbconfig.rb $(arch_hdrdir)/ruby/confi
 
 Makefile:	$(srcdir)/template/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/enc/Makefile.in
 
-$(MKFILES): config.status $(srcdir)/version.h $(srcdir)/revision.h $(ABI_VERSION_HDR)
+$(MKFILES): config.status $(srcdir)/version.h $(REVISION_H) $(ABI_VERSION_HDR)
 		@[ -f $@ ] && mv $@ $@.old
 		MAKE=$(MAKE) $(SHELL) ./config.status $@
 		@cmp $@ $@.old > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo $@ unchanged && exit 0; \