diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 77a801b498..16713bacd7 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -11,16 +11,17 @@ MAKEFLAGS += -rR
 %.m:
 %.mak:
 
-QEMU_CFLAGS += -MMD -MP -MT $@
+# Flags for dependency generation
+QEMU_DGFLAGS += -MMD -MP -MT $@
 
 %.o: %.c $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  AS    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  AS    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.m
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  OBJC  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  OBJC  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 LINK = $(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(1) $(ARLIBS_BEGIN) $(ARLIBS) $(ARLIBS_END) $(LIBS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")