diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f3b293940..e438fa146 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2173,6 +2173,8 @@ AC_SUBST([libdir])
 AC_SUBST([exec_prefix])
 AC_SUBST([prefix])
 
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([sdksyms], [touch hw/xfree86/loader/sdksyms.dep])
+
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 glx/Makefile
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am b/hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am
index 2bac89ac9..7f386ccc0 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ CLEANFILES = sdksyms.c sdksyms.dep
 sdksyms.dep sdksyms.c: sdksyms.sh
 	CPP='$(CPP)' AWK='$(AWK)' $(srcdir)/sdksyms.sh $(top_srcdir) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES)
 
-sinclude sdksyms.dep
+SDKSYMS_DEP = sdksyms.dep
+include $(SDKSYMS_DEP)