diff --git a/xen/Rules.mk b/xen/Rules.mk
index 961d533da2..1247b61a03 100644
--- a/xen/Rules.mk
+++ b/xen/Rules.mk
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS-y)
 
 include $(BASEDIR)/arch/$(TARGET_ARCH)/Rules.mk
 
+DEPS = .*.d
+
 include Makefile
 
-DEPS = .*.d
 define gendep
     ifneq ($(1),$(subst /,:,$(1)))
         DEPS += $(dir $(1)).$(notdir $(1)).d
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
index af4d0e1010..9e38da3957 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ endif
 
 ALL_OBJS := $(TARGET_SUBARCH)/head.o $(ALL_OBJS)
 
+DEPS += $(TARGET_SUBARCH)/.head.o.d
+
 $(TARGET): $(TARGET)-syms $(TARGET).axf
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -S $< $@
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_64),y)