diff --git a/mk/paths.mk b/mk/paths.mk
index d52c6425f4e6ab00ef9f983cb9366856b879c8f4..3a958616b331d88ed4df9cd56e3119c714dbb307 100644
--- a/mk/paths.mk
+++ b/mk/paths.mk
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ OBJS=$(HS_OBJS) $(C_OBJS) $(SCRIPT_OBJS)
 MKDEPENDHS_SRCS=$(HS_SRCS)
 MKDEPENDC_SRCS=$(C_SRCS)
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# make TAGS defaults
+#
+# The default set of files for the dependency generators to work on
+# is just their source equivalents.
+# 
+TAGS_HS_SRCS=$(HS_SRCS)
+TAGS_C_SRCS=$(C_SRCS)
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Clean file make-variables.
 #