diff --git a/ghc/lib/Makefile.libHS b/ghc/lib/Makefile.libHS
index 729c187ccc9896f8e797e11e36fe6e2bc688b1cc..13ff46db03b7c8508d720b02d21d2f7c514da84e 100644
--- a/ghc/lib/Makefile.libHS
+++ b/ghc/lib/Makefile.libHS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# $Id: Makefile.libHS,v 1.10 1997/01/22 08:01:26 sof Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.libHS,v 1.11 1997/03/14 05:31:07 sof Exp $
 
 TOP = ../..
 include $(TOP)/ghc/mk/ghc.mk
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ MKDEPENDHS_OPTS += $(foreach way,$(filter-out norm, $(WAY_SUFFIXES)),-optdep-s -
 
 # Todo: make this a generic include of hsdepend.mk or something.
 depend :: $(SRCS)
-	$(MKDEPENDHS) $(MKDEPENDHSFLAGS) -optdep-f -optdep.depend $(GHCFLAGS) $(SRCS)
+	$(MKDEPENDHS) $(MKDEPENDHSFLAGS) -optdep"-f .depend" $(GHCFLAGS) $(SRCS)
 
 # Copy the crucial IOBase hi file over
 hiboot ::