Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -58,10 +58,14 @@
 PLUGIN_LDFLAGS = @PLUGIN_LDFLAGS@
 PLUGIN_SUFFIX = @PLUGIN_SUFFIX@
 INSTALL_LIB = @INSTALL_LIB@
 UNINSTALL_LIB = @UNINSTALL_LIB@
 CLEAN_LIB = @CLEAN_LIB@
+CC_DEPENDS = @CC_DEPENDS@
+CXX_DEPENDS = @CXX_DEPENDS@
+OBJC_DEPENDS = @OBJC_DEPENDS@
+OBJCXX_DEPENDS = @OBJCXX_DEPENDS@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
 MKDIR_P = mkdir -p
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 SHELL = @SHELL@
 MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
@@ -124,13 +128,39 @@
 	regen=0; \
 	deps=""; \
 	test -f .deps || regen=1; \
 	for i in ${SRCS}; do \
 		case $$i in \
-			*.c | *.cc | *.cxx | *.m | *.mm | *.S) \
-				test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
-				deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+			*.c) \
+				if test x"${CC_DEPENDS}" = x"yes"; then \
+					test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
+					deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+				fi; \
+				;; \
+			*.cc | *.cxx) \
+				if test x"${CXX_DEPENDS}" = x"yes"; then \
+					test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
+					deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+				fi; \
+				;; \
+			*.m) \
+				if test x"${OBJC_DEPENDS}" = x"yes"; then \
+					test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
+					deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+				fi; \
+				;; \
+			*.mm) \
+				if test x"${OBJCXX_DEPENDS}" = x"yes"; then \
+					test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
+					deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+				fi; \
+				;; \
+			*.S) \
+				if test x"${AS_DEPENDS}" = x"yes"; then \
+					test $$i -nt .deps && regen=1; \
+					deps="$$deps $$i.dep"; \
+				fi; \
 				;; \
 		esac; \
 	done; \
 	if test x"$$regen" = x"1" -a x"$$deps" != x""; then \
 		${DEPEND_STATUS}; \

Index: m4/buildsys.m4
==================================================================
--- m4/buildsys.m4
+++ m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
 dnl ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 dnl POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_INIT], [
+	AC_SUBST(CC_DEPENDS, $GCC)
+	AC_SUBST(CXX_DEPENDS, $GXX)
+	AC_SUBST(OBJC_DEPENDS, $GOBJC)
+	AC_SUBST(OBJCXX_DEPENDS, $GOBJCXX)
+
 	AC_PATH_PROG(TPUT, tput)
 
 	AS_IF([test x"$TPUT" != x""], [
 		if x=$($TPUT el 2>/dev/null); then
 			AC_SUBST(TERM_EL, "$x")