diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4eb6e6323..c4710561c 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ LT_RELEASE  = @LT_RELEASE@
 LT_REVISION = @LT_REVISION@
 LT_LDFLAGS  = -no-undefined -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LT_RELEASE) -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
 
-all: $(srcdir)/configure Makefile $(objects) $(objects)/$(TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLTEST_TARGET)
+all: $(srcdir)/configure Makefile $(objects)/$(TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLTEST_TARGET)
 
 $(srcdir)/configure: $(srcdir)/configure.in
 	@echo "Warning, configure is out of date, please re-run autogen.sh"
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 
 Makefile.in:;
 
-$(objects):
-	$(SHELL) $(auxdir)/mkinstalldirs $@
+$(objects)/.created:
+	$(SHELL) $(auxdir)/mkinstalldirs $(objects)
+	touch $@
 
 update-revision:
 	$(SHELL) $(auxdir)/updaterev.sh
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e4f8e924e..7d48ed6a1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24868,7 +24868,7 @@ DEPENDS=`echo $SOURCES | tr ' ' '\n'`
 for EXT in asm cc m c S; do
     OBJECTS=`echo "$OBJECTS" | sed 's,[^ ]*/\([^ ]*\)\.'$EXT',$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
     DEPENDS=`echo "$DEPENDS" | sed "s,^\\([^ ]*\\)/\\([^ ]*\\)\\.$EXT\\$,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.$EXT\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.$EXT \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 done
 
@@ -24885,14 +24885,14 @@ SDLMAIN_OBJECTS=`echo $SDLMAIN_SOURCES`
 SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLMAIN_SOURCES`
 SDLMAIN_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[^ ]*/\([^ ]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
 SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([^ ]*\\)/\\([^ ]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLTEST_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[^ ]*/\([^ ]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLTEST_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([^ ]*\\)/\\([^ ]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 # Set runtime shared library paths as needed
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 95bef6269..39b790b32 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4073,7 +4073,7 @@ DEPENDS=`echo $SOURCES | tr ' ' '\n'`
 for EXT in asm cc m c S; do
     OBJECTS=`echo "$OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.'$EXT',$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
     DEPENDS=`echo "$DEPENDS" | sed "s,^\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.$EXT\\$,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.$EXT\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.$EXT \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 done
 
@@ -4090,14 +4090,14 @@ SDLMAIN_OBJECTS=`echo $SDLMAIN_SOURCES`
 SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLMAIN_SOURCES`
 SDLMAIN_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
 SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLTEST_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLTEST_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
-\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
+\\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.c \\$(objects)/.created\\\\
 	\\$(RUN_CMD_CC)\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 # Set runtime shared library paths as needed