diff --git a/make/common/MakeBase.gmk b/make/common/MakeBase.gmk
index 170c3ed..b3b49f1 100644
--- a/make/common/MakeBase.gmk
+++ b/make/common/MakeBase.gmk
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ DependOnVariableFileName = \
 # Param 2 - (optional) name of file to store value in
 DependOnVariableHelper = \
     $(strip \
+        $(eval $(call DependOnVariableFileName, $1, $2):$(NEWLINE)	true) \
         $(eval -include $(call DependOnVariableFileName, $1, $2)) \
         $(if $(call equals, $(strip $($1)), $(strip $($1_old))),,\
           $(call MakeDir, $(dir $(call DependOnVariableFileName, $1, $2))) \