diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 39cb27b..9a51df2 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -134,4 +134,6 @@ Makefile : Makefile.in configure
 .deps/%.d: %.c | .deps
 	@$(CC) -MM $(CPPFLAGS) -MT '$(<:%.c=%.o) $@' $< -o $@
 
+ifndef NODEPS
 -include $(ALL_OBJS:%.o=.deps/%.d)
+endif
diff --git a/test/unit/Makefile.in b/test/unit/Makefile.in
index e789a1b..9979840 100644
--- a/test/unit/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/unit/Makefile.in
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ TEST_OBJS := $(sort $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard *.c)))
 TESTS := $(patsubst %.o,%.test,$(filter-out $(SHARED_OBJS),$(TEST_OBJS)))
 
 CHRONYD_OBJS := $(patsubst %.o,$(CHRONY_SRCDIR)/%.o,$(filter-out main.o,\
-		  $(filter %.o,$(shell $(MAKE) -f $(CHRONY_SRCDIR)/Makefile print-chronyd-objects))))
+		  $(filter %.o,$(shell $(MAKE) -f $(CHRONY_SRCDIR)/Makefile \
+					print-chronyd-objects NODEPS=1))))
 
 all: $(TESTS)