diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 1186fe915..3e8c33624 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 #     clean
 #       Remove all object files
 #     cleandep
-#       Remove depend.dep
+#       Remove dependency files
+#     distclean
+#       Remove autogenerated files
 #     dll
 #       compile primary HW render DLL/SO
 #     all_dll
@@ -459,7 +461,6 @@ DBGNAME?=$(EXENAME).debug
 
 # not too sophisticated dependency
 OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
-		$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o \
 		$(OBJDIR)/string.o   \
 		$(OBJDIR)/d_main.o   \
 		$(OBJDIR)/d_clisrv.o \
@@ -539,6 +540,8 @@ OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
 		$(i_sound_o)    \
 		$(OBJS)
 
+DEPS:=$(patsubst $(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(DEPDIR)/%.d,$(OBJS))
+OBJS+=$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o
 
 ifndef ECHO
 ifndef NOECHOFILENAMES
@@ -559,12 +562,12 @@ OPTS+=-DGETTEXT
 endif
 
 ifdef PANDORA
-all:	pre-build $(BIN)/$(PNDNAME)
+all: $(BIN)/$(PNDNAME)
 endif
 
 
 ifdef SDL
-all:	 pre-build $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
+all: $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
 endif
 
 ifdef DUMMY
@@ -572,20 +575,15 @@ all:	$(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
 endif
 
 cleandep:
-	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
+	$(REMOVE) $(DEPS)
 	$(REMOVE) comptime.h
 
-pre-build:
-ifdef WINDOWSHELL
-	-..\comptime.bat .
-else
-	-@../comptime.sh .
-endif
-
 clean:
 	$(REMOVE) *~ *.flc
 	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/*.o
 
+distclean: clean cleandep
+
 ifdef MINGW
 	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/*.res
 endif
@@ -667,24 +665,21 @@ endif
 endif
 
 #dependecy made by gcc itself !
-$(OBJS):
 ifndef DUMMY
--include $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
+ifneq (,$(filter-out cleandep clean distclean,$(or $(MAKECMDGOALS),all)))
+$(call print,Checking dependency files...)
+-include $(DEPS)
+endif
 endif
 
-$(OBJDIR)/depend.dep:
-	@echo "Creating dependency file, depend.dep"
-	@echo > comptime.h
-	-$(MKDIR) $(OBJDIR)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM *.c > $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM $(INTERFACE)/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-ifndef NOHW
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM hardware/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
+$(DEPDIR)/%.d: %.c
+# windows makes it too hard !
+ifndef WINDOWSHELL
+ifndef ECHO
+	@printf "%-20.20s\r" $<
 endif
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM blua/*.c >> $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	@sed -e 's,\(.*\)\.o: ,$(subst /,\/,$(OBJDIR))\/&,g' < $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped > $(OBJDIR)/depend.dep
-	$(REMOVE) $(OBJDIR)/depend.ped
-	@echo "Created dependency file, depend.dep"
+endif
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M -MF $@ -MT $(OBJDIR)/$< $<
 
 ifdef VALGRIND
 $(OBJDIR)/z_zone.o: z_zone.c
@@ -692,9 +687,13 @@ $(OBJDIR)/z_zone.o: z_zone.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND $(VALGRIND_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
-$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o: comptime.c pre-build
-	$(echoName)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+$(OBJDIR)/comptime.o::
+ifdef WINDOWSHELL
+	-..\comptime.bat .
+else
+	-../comptime.sh .
+endif
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c comptime.c -o $@
 
 $(BIN)/%.mo: locale/%.po
 	-$(MKDIR) $(BIN)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.cfg b/src/Makefile.cfg
index c323f4ffd..ec19e9f85 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/src/Makefile.cfg
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ i_main_o=$(OBJDIR)/i_main.o
 #set OBJDIR and BIN's starting place
 OBJDIR=../objs
 BIN=../bin
+DEPDIR=../dep
 #Nasm ASM and rm
 ifdef YASM
 NASM?=yasm
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ ifdef DUMMY
 	INTERFACE=dummy
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/dummy
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/dummy
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/dummy
 else
 ifdef LINUX
 	NASMFORMAT=elf -DLINUX
@@ -392,9 +394,11 @@ ifdef LINUX
 ifdef LINUX64
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Linux64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Linux64
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux64
 else
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Linux
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Linux
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux
 endif
 else
 ifdef FREEBSD
@@ -404,6 +408,7 @@ ifdef FREEBSD
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/FreeBSD
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/FreeBSD
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Linux
 else
 ifdef SOLARIS
 	INTERFACE=sdl
@@ -412,6 +417,7 @@ ifdef SOLARIS
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Solaris
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Solaris
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Solaris
 else
 ifdef CYGWIN32
 	INTERFACE=sdl
@@ -420,18 +426,21 @@ ifdef CYGWIN32
 
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/cygwin
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Cygwin
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Cygwin
 else
 ifdef MINGW64
 	#NASMFORMAT=win64
 	SDL=1
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw64
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Mingw64
 else
 ifdef MINGW
 	NASMFORMAT=win32
 	SDL=1
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Mingw
 endif
 endif
 endif
@@ -443,6 +452,7 @@ endif
 ifdef ARCHNAME
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/$(ARCHNAME)
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/$(ARCHNAME)
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/$(ARCHNAME)
 endif
 
 OBJDUMP_OPTS?=--wide --source --line-numbers
@@ -451,14 +461,17 @@ LD=$(CC)
 ifdef SDL
 	INTERFACE=sdl
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/SDL
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/SDL
 endif
 
 ifndef DUMMY
 ifdef DEBUGMODE
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Debug
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Debug
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Debug
 else
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Release
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Release
+	DEPDIR:=$(DEPDIR)/Release
 endif
 endif