diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 21acdae775e65b77a57fb0c9e89f97ba9eef8c21..f59e876277989bcd58910fb6a9951dbe86f8f0b5 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2009-11-23  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
+	* Makefile.in: Must create deps for ecrt0.o in its rule.
+
 	* xfns.c (Fx_select_font): Try to convert Fontconfig name to Gtk name
 	because that is what Gtk+ font dialog understands.
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index aceecacb5c7137eaf428bc8f459435cec48557fa..3b77ff80f87253363b6de325c36ed051a5d0e328 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -1042,6 +1042,9 @@ stamp-oldxmenu:
 	exit 1
 
 ecrt0.o: ecrt0.c $(config_h)
+#ifdef AUTO_DEPEND
+	@-test -d deps || mkdir deps
+#endif
 	CRT0_COMPILE ${srcdir}/ecrt0.c
 doc.o: buildobj.h