diff --git a/src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML.in b/src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML.in
index 084d0b7dd3..cd2dec1f92 100644
--- a/src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML.in
+++ b/src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ VERSION=@VERSION@
 
 AFS_component_version_number.o: AFS_component_version_number.c
 
-AFS_component_version_number.c: 
+AFS_component_version_number.c: @TOP_OBJDIR@/src/config/Makefile.version
 	echo 'char cml_version_number[]="@(#) OpenAFS ${VERSION} built ' `date +"%Y-%m-%d"` '";' >AFS_component_version_number.c
 	echo 'char* AFSVersion = "${PACKAGE} ${VERSION}"; ' >>AFS_component_version_number.c