diff --git a/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile b/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
index 0fe730860c22..aac030686c3f 100644
--- a/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
+++ b/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ MAN = freebsd-version.1
 CLEANFILES = freebsd-version.sh
 NEWVERS = ${.CURDIR}/../../sys/conf/newvers.sh
 
-freebsd-version.sh.in: ${NEWVERS}
-freebsd-version.sh: ${.CURDIR}/freebsd-version.sh.in
+freebsd-version.sh: ${.CURDIR}/freebsd-version.sh.in ${NEWVERS}
 	eval $$(egrep '^(TYPE|REVISION|BRANCH)=' ${NEWVERS}) ; \
 	if ! sed -e "\
 			s/@@TYPE@@/$${TYPE}/g; \