diff --git a/ocaml/Makefile.am b/ocaml/Makefile.am
index 35cba466e..fbeefc944 100644
--- a/ocaml/Makefile.am
+++ b/ocaml/Makefile.am
@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@ t/%.cmx: t/%.ml mlguestfs.cmxa
 
 depend: .depend
 
-.depend: $(wildcard *.mli) $(wildcard *.ml)
+.depend: $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.mli) $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.ml)
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
-	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep $^ | \
-	  $(SED) -e 's/ *$$//' | \
+	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep -I ../ocaml -I $(abs_srcdir) $^ | \
+	  $(SED) 's/ *$$//' | \
 	  $(SED) -e :a -e '/ *\\$$/N; s/ *\\\n */ /; ta' | \
-	  LANG=C sort > $@-t
+	  $(SED) -e 's,$(abs_srcdir)/,$(builddir)/,g' | \
+	  sort > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 
 -include .depend
diff --git a/resize/Makefile.am b/resize/Makefile.am
index 5227c2369..32c1af7e5 100644
--- a/resize/Makefile.am
+++ b/resize/Makefile.am
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ TESTS = test-virt-resize.sh utils_tests
 # Dependencies.
 depend: .depend
 
-.depend: $(wildcard *.mli) $(wildcard *.ml)
+.depend: $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.mli) $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.ml)
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
-	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep -I ../ocaml $^ | \
+	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep -I ../ocaml -I $(abs_srcdir) $^ | \
 	  $(SED) 's/ *$$//' | \
 	  $(SED) -e :a -e '/ *\\$$/N; s/ *\\\n */ /; ta' | \
+	  $(SED) -e 's,$(abs_srcdir)/,$(builddir)/,g' | \
 	  sort > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 
diff --git a/sparsify/Makefile.am b/sparsify/Makefile.am
index 4f735c8cb..4d73c942c 100644
--- a/sparsify/Makefile.am
+++ b/sparsify/Makefile.am
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ TESTS = test-virt-sparsify.sh
 # Dependencies.
 depend: .depend
 
-.depend: $(wildcard *.mli) $(wildcard *.ml)
+.depend: $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.mli) $(wildcard $(abs_srcdir)/*.ml)
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
-	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep -I ../ocaml $^ | \
+	$(OCAMLFIND) ocamldep -I ../ocaml -I $(abs_srcdir) $^ | \
 	  $(SED) 's/ *$$//' | \
 	  $(SED) -e :a -e '/ *\\$$/N; s/ *\\\n */ /; ta' | \
+	  $(SED) -e 's,$(abs_srcdir)/,$(builddir)/,g' | \
 	  sort > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@