diff --git a/xen/include/Makefile b/xen/include/Makefile
index c3e0283d34..47908905b9 100644
--- a/xen/include/Makefile
+++ b/xen/include/Makefile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ compat/.xlat/%.lst: xlat.lst Makefile
 xlat-y := $(shell sed -ne 's,@arch@,$(compat-arch-y),g' -re 's,^[?!][[:blank:]]+[^[:blank:]]+[[:blank:]]+,,p' xlat.lst | uniq)
 xlat-y := $(filter $(patsubst compat/%,%,$(headers-y)),$(xlat-y))
 
-compat/xlat.h: $(addprefix compat/.xlat/,$(xlat-y)) Makefile
+compat/xlat.h: $(addprefix compat/.xlat/,$(xlat-y)) config/auto.conf Makefile
 	cat $(filter %.h,$^) >$@.new
 	mv -f $@.new $@